Pathway DMX QConnect Software for CR Manual - Manual (Page 40)

DMXQConnect for CR - User Guide Diagnostics and Troubleshooting
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letter keyboard commands for various functions. Three menu choices are
shown: System Loopback Test, Access Code Input, and Serial Number and
Access Code Support Status. Use upper-case characters to select from these
items.
A - A CCESS C ODE I NPUT
When the DMX Pathfinder system is originally installed, and if/when the Master
Control Module is replaced, the user must enter a unique access code to
enable PC-to-Pathfinder patch file transfers. The access code has been
determined at the Factory, and relates to the actual rack hardware supplied for
a given system. Additional I/O modules may be added or removed from the
system by the user at any time, but adding more output frames requires that a
new access code be used. The access code, once correctly entered, is stored
in non-volatile memory in each Master Control Module supplied with the
system and no further action is ever required unless hardware is changed as
described above. If your system includes a spare Master Control Module,
make sure it is enabled by plugging it in and going through the access code
input procedure again.
To enter the access code, turn on [Caps Lock] and select "Access Code
Input" by pressing "A".
Type in the 8-character code that was supplied with your system. When the
8th character has been entered, you will be prompted to confirm your Access
Code. Press "Y" to accept the code, "N" to reject the code and try again, or
[Esc] to abort the entry function altogether. When you have entered the
correct code and accepted it, the message "Done!" will appear.
N - S ERIAL N UMBER AND A CCESS C ODE S UPPORT S TATUS
The main purpose of this function is to allow the user to poll the system and
detect the installed module frame hardware. Each frame in a given system
has a unique serial number, and these numbers are displayed along with an
"OK" status flag which indicates proper functioning of each Frame Control
Module.
A frame that has a missing or defective Frame Control Module, a frame that is
disconnected from the system Comm Bus, or frames not present, will not be
detected by the poll. The poll response will also display the current system
configuration (Single frame or Multiframe) as set on DIPswitch #6 on the
Master Control Module.
These Diagnostics menu functions can be terminated at any time by clicking
on the Close icon [X] at the top right of the DMXPathfinder Control screen.
When the screen is closed, a soft reset command is issued to the Pathfinder to
re-establish its current patch configuration.