Specifications

MACRO CPU Board Hardware Reference Manual
MACRO Station Character Display 15
MACRO STATION CHARACTER DISPLAY
The Compact MACRO Station has a single hexadecimal character display on the CPU/Interface Board
that provides useful information as to the status of the station. The display can show the following
values:
Value Meaning
(
Blank
)
Rin
g
not active
0-8 O
p
eration OK; value is # of motors enable
d
9
(
Reserved for future use
)
A Am
p
lifier faul
t
B Rin
g
break faul
t
C CPU failure faul
t
D Rin
g
data erro
r
E Loss-of-encoder faul
t
F Other failure
Hardware Re-Initialization
MACRO hardware re-initialization to factory defaults is enabled when the SW1 setting is set to 15 or F
(hexadecimal) and the power is cycled at the MACRO Station. Possibly the only time to use a hardware
re-initialization to factory defaults would be if the MACRO Station always powers up with a watchdog
(typically if the ring clock at the Ultralite is different than the ring clock at the MACRO Station). Node
11 will be the only MACRO Station node enabled. Therefore, enable node 11 of the MACRO IC at the
Ultralite to communicate to the MACRO Station.
Ultralite Example: Servo nodes 0,1,4,5 enabled at Ultralite (I996=$0F8033)
1. Enable node 11, I996=$0F8833.
2. Re-establish communications with MS11, (MIvar) commands.
3. Issue MS$$$***11 to ensure re-initialization.
4. Issue MSSAVE11 command to save the factory defaults to the Station.
Turbo Ultralite Example: Servo nodes 0,1,4,5 enabled at Ultralite (I6841=$0F8033)
1. Enable node 11, I996=$0F8833.
2. Re-establish communications with MS11,(MIvar) commands.
3. Issue MS$$$***11 to ensure re-initialization.
4. Issue MSSAVE11 command to save the factory defaults to the Station.