Chapter 7: Service and troubleshooting
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Click the Current Status tab to display real-time data. Press F1 to open the
Current Status Help topic, which provides instructions and descriptions for the
information provided.
Displaying a status log of current events
Click the Status Log tab to show a real-time list of events that have occurred
since the system last established a connection to the loop controller. Press F1 to
open the Status Log Help topic.
Displaying an in-progress chart
Click the Mapping Progress tab to show a real-time graph of the loop controller's
progress through its initialization process. Press F1 to open the Mapping
Progress Help topic, which provides instructions and descriptions for the
information provided.
Analog addressable devices and modules
Substituting analog addressable driver controller
modules
When substituting a known good 3-AADC1 controller module in place of a
suspect module, it must be defined in the 3-SDU and the database downloaded
into the panel. See “Downloading a database” on page 67.
The 3-AADC1 controller module actually has two separate memories: one for
firmware and one for configuration information.
1. The first memory stores the firmware code that makes the module operate. If
there is a problem with the firmware, or if an upgrade has been issued,
download the new firmware into the module from the 3-SDU. When upgrading
the module firmware, you do not need to download the bootstrap data unless
specifically instructed to do so.
2. The second memory stores the controller’s configuration settings that were
compiled in the 3-SDU. If you suspect that the module is bad, download the
configuration information for the loop to which the substitute module will be
connected.
Table 68 provides a list of possible problems that may occur with the
3-AADC1 loop controller. For detailed information on identifying and locating
mapping errors, refer to “Using the SDU Analog Addressable diagnostic tool” on
page 226.
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