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DASSoftwareConfiguration
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Moving Remotes to Different FOI Port
AllDAScomponentsareassignedIPaddressesbytheBGW.TheFORintheRemoteistheassignedanIPaddressasa
subunitoftheFOItowhichitisconnected.WhentheRemoteismovedtoadifferentFOIoneofseveralactionsmust
takeplace:
1. Thelea
seontheRemoteIPaddressmustbegiventimetoexpire.Thiscouldtakeupto30minutes.Oncethe
currentIPleaseexpires,thenewFOIwillthenassignthecorrectIPaddresstotheRemote.
2. Manuallypo
wercycletheRemote.Duringtherebootprocess,theRemotewillreleasetheoldIPaddressand
havethecorrectIPaddressassignedbythenewFOI.
3. Communicationstother
emotecanonlyoccurwhentheremotehasthecorrectIPaddress.Beforemovingthe
fiber,accesstheFORviatheGUI.Inthe advancedsettings,reboottheFOR.Assoonasthereboothasbeen
initiated,quicklymovetheheadendfibertothenewFOIport.WhentheR
emotefinishestherebooting
process,thenewFOIwillassignthecorrectIPaddress.
Replacing Master Unit Cards
AllDAScomponentsareassignedIPaddressesbytheBGW.Whenacardisreplaced,thecardmustbeassigneda
newIPaddressbytheBGW.Onrareoccasions,theBGWmayhavenotbeabletoassignanIPaddresstothenew
card.Thisiseasilycorrectedbyr
emovingthecardfromtheMasterUnitchassis(withESDstrapattached)andthen
reinstallthecard.TheBGWwillthenassignthecorrectIPaddress.
Moving Master Unit Cards
Occasionally,cardsneedtobemovedtodifferentslotsintheMasterUnit.
1. Moveth
ecardtothenewslot.
2. Ensurether
eisanEthernetconnectionforthenewcardlocationonthebackplaneoftheMasterUnit.
3. Waitfo
rthecardtocompletethebootprocess.Ifthecardremainsinthebootprocess(GreenLEDremainson
forapproximately2secondsandthenoffforonesecond)thentheIPaddressmaynothavebeenassigned.
CheckEthernetconnection.
4. Login
totheGUItoconfirmsoftwareconnectivity.Onoccasionsthecardwillnotshowupafterbeingmoved.
a. GototheConfigu
rationmenuandremovethecard(movefromrighttoleft)andthenSubmit.See
Figure107onpage93
.
b. Selecttheca
rdfromtheleftmenuandthenadditbacktothesystemontherightandthensubmit.
c. GototheHo
memenu.LogoutoftheBGWandthenlogbackin.
d. GotoNe
tworkViewsandlogintothecardtoverifyGUIconnection.
CAUTION
Al
waysuseanESDstrapwheninstallationandremovingcards.Failuretocomplymayresult
inpermanentdisablingdamagetothemodule.