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To search for Click! 112/114 rack cards on the communication bus to which
SmartSensor Manager is connected:
1. Select the correct communications port using the Port drop down control.
2. Select the correct communications baud rate using the Speed drop down
control.
3. Click on the Search button.
4. Once a list of devices appears, click on the desired row. If you would like to
communicate to all the devices, select the first row, with the title “All Rack
Cards” in the device column. This selection will send broadcast messages to
all the connected rack cards. If you would like to communicate to an single
device, select the corresponding row. You can identify a device by its ID,
Device, Description, or Location fields.
When you are communicating with an individual device, the Status and Firmware
Version fields will be valid. The Status field indicates whether the rack card is
operating normally (OK) or whether it is in failsafe mode. If the device is in failsafe
mode, the text message may help you understand why the device is in failsafe. For
example if the text reads “Failsafe Initializing”, this indicates that the rack card has
never seen any detection call messages since it was rebooted. Or if the message
reads “Failsafe Timeout (No Data)”, this indicates that the rack card was previously
receiving detection calls, but has received any in the last 10 seconds or more.
The Firmware Version field lists the version of the rack card firmware. In the
example in Figure 7.3, the firmware is for a 114 card and was released on
11/06/2008. If you are communicating will all devices, the status and firmware
version fields are not applicable (N/A). When you would like to refresh the status of
these fields, click the associated
Refresh button.
To help single-out devices you can use the Signal Cards toggle switch. When the
switch is ON, all selected devices will flash their main menu LEDs (see Figure 2.10).
If you have selected All Rack Cards, every card connected on the bus will flash the
main menu LEDs. If you have selected a single device, only the LEDs on this device
will flash.
The Channel Outputs toggle switch and 1-4 checkboxes are used to help assist in
testing of the rack card outputs. Boxes 3 and 4 will not appear if you are connected
to a two-channel rack card.
Note
When used with SmartSensor Matrix the rack cards should be configured to
communicate at 57,600 bps. If you are having communication issues, you
may want to verify that the rack cards are configured to communicate at
57,600 bps. See Appendix D to learn how to configure the rack cards.