EnerSys Alpha Cordex CXC HP User Manual

Cordex®CXCHPControllerSoftwareManual|2-Softwarereleasehistory
• Inversion4.10,theSNMPtrapvarbindscontrollerInfoName andalarmSeverity swapped
position.Thiswasremediedinversion4.20sothatthevarbindsmatchthepositionasspecifiedin
theMIBastheydidinversionspreviousto4.10.
• WhenusingaMIBbrowsertoreadcontrollerdatathatrepresentsastate,thenumericvalueofthe
stateismovedtothedataNumberValuecolumn(fromthedataStringValuecolumn)andit’sstring
valueisnowshowninthedataStringValuecolumn.
• Downgradingcontrollersoftware
◦ Downgradingthecontrollersoftwareshouldbearareoccurrence.Whensoftwareis
downgraded,anyconfigurationsettingsforfeaturesthatdon'texistinearlierversionsare
discarded.Becausesomeconfigurationsarediscarded,thecontrollermayrequiremanual
interventiontoensureeverysettingiscorrect.Restoringabackupfilethatwasmadewith
theearlierversionofsoftwareisrecommendedinstead.
◦ Inversions2.Xand3.Xofthesoftware,wefoundtwoissues.Thefirstisthatwhenthe
softwareencounteredaninverterordistributionsystemthatitdidn'tunderstand,the
softwarediscardedmoredatathanexpected.Thesecondisthatwhenacustomdata
variablehaddatadiscarded,thecontrollerwouldcrashandnotrecover.
◦ Ifadowngradefromversion4.00softwarebecomesanecessity,youcanavoidthese
problemsbydeletingallinvertersystems,distributionsystems,andallcustomdatabefore
performingthedowngrade.
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Importingconfigurationfilesfromlaterversionstoearlierversionsmayfail-especiallyifthe
controllerisrunningaversionprevioustoversion4.00.Iftheimportfailsifmaybebecauseit
containsnewsystemsorcustomdatathatusesvariablevaluesthatdonotexist.Tryimporting
usingaconfigurationfilethatdoesn'tcontaininvertersystems,distributionsystems,orcustom
data.
• Importingconfigurationfilesfromearlierversionstolaterversionscanhavesomequirks.
Controllerfeatureswhichdidnotexistintheearlierversionwillnothaveanysettingssavedinthe
configurationfilesexportedfromthoseearlierversions.Therefore,anyconfigurationofthesenew
featuresontheControllerwillnotbeoverwrittenbytheoldconfigurationfile.Ifaconfigurationfile
whichsetsthesefeaturesbacktotheirdefaultsisdesired,itmustbeexportedfromaversionin
whichthefeaturesexist.
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FileuploadworksinthecurrentversionofMicrosoftEdge,InternetExplorer,GoogleChrome,
MozillaFirefox,andAppleSafari.FileuploaddoesnotworkinInternetExplorer9.IfusingInternet
Explorer9,youcannotuploadtheCordex®CXCHPcontrollerapplicationupgradeortheACAN
filesforCANmoduleupgrades.
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CounterandtimervaluesintheCounters andTimers tablesfoundunder
ControllerProgrammabilityCustom Datadonotpersist,theyreverttotheirdefaultvaluesona
restart.
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TheLCDdoesnotcurrentlysupportaccentedcharactersforpasswordsoraliases.
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EnerSys Alpha Cordex CXC HP Specifications

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Brand	EnerSys
Model	Alpha Cordex CXC HP
Category	Controller
Language	English