Verifying the parameters on the broadlinx boards – Grass Valley Trinix NXT v.3.3.1 User Manual
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Trinix NXT — Installation and Service Manual
Section 9 — Protected Paths
Verifying the Parameters on the Broadlinx Boards
There is a known issue when a non-initialized Broadlinx board is made
Active in a Trinix router that is using Protected Paths. The Broadlinx board
will turn on all router outputs when it is installed. This action is not a defect
as it is what the board should do when it is installed in a router that does
not use Protected Paths. To prevent this condition, the Broadlinx board set-
tings must be verified before either pressing the
Activate
button or running
the redundancyBoardActivate console command.
Note
You must follow these steps whenever a Broadlinx card is inserted (or the
network parameters are changed via the “bootChange” command) with
network parameters that are different from what is saved on the active Broad-
linx card.
You will need the following pre-requisites to complete this task:
•
2 serial cables.
•
2 serial ports on a PC or two PCs
•
The Time settings have been set in the Broadlinx Current Time section
(see Current Time
Follow these steps to before initializing a Broadlinx board:
1.
Connect a serial terminal to the primary and secondary console ports
on the Trinix frame. Start a terminal session.
2.
Insert the Broadlinx board into the correct slot in the Trinix frame.
3.
Interrupt the boot sequence by pressing any key on the keyboard.
Pressing the space bar continuously until boot sequence stops is
recommended.
Note
This step might require two people, one to pull and insert the board and one
to press a key.
4.
Verify that the boot parameters are correct by pressing the
P
key on your
keyboard. If you need to make changes:
•
Press the
C
key to make any needed corrections.
•
Press the
S
key to save any changes.
5.
Reboot the Broadlinx board by pressing the
@
key on your keyboard
and then wait for the Broadlinx board to start.
6.
Open the Broadlinx Web page of the active board and navigate to the
Protected Paths web page.
7.
Click the
Enter
button at the bottom of the page to save the displayed
path data to the Broadlinx board (
).