Grass Valley 8949MDA-CFR v.1.1.X - Manual (Page 36)

36 8949MDA-CFR/-SFR—Instruction Manual
Software Updating
Software Updating
Software updating of the 8949MDA modules is done using the NetConfig
Networking Application PC option. The NetConfig application is available
free of charge from the Thomson Grass Valley web site. Check the Thomson
Grass Valley web site for update information. Refer to Contacting Grass
Valley
on page 4 for more information.
All modular product documentation can be found in PDF format on the
Thomson Grass Valley web site at this link:
http://www.thomsongrassvalley.com/docs/modular
Status Monitoring
This section provides a summary of status monitoring and reporting for a
GeckoFlex system. It also summarizes what status items are reported and
how to enable/disable reporting of each item. There are a number of ways
to monitor status of modules, power supplies, fans and other status items
depending on the method of monitoring being used.
8900 Frame status will report the following items:
• Power supply health
• Status of fans in the frame front cover
• Temperature,
• Module health
• Frame bus status
Module health status will report the following items:
• Internal module state (and state of submodule or options enabled)
including configuration errors (warning), internal faults, and normal
operation (Pass).
• Signal input states including valid/present (pass), not present or
invalid (warning), not monitored, and not available (no signal inputs).
• Reference input states including locked/valid (pass), not
locked/invalid (warning), and not monitored.