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Power-up and Test, continued
Procedure:
Workaround
Follow these steps to login to the 68K Monitor and restore the default configuration
when the board is resetting continuously:
Step Action
1
Set up your PC to act as a WESMAINT II+ terminal. See “Procedure:
Set up Term
inal”, page 91.
2
For serial communication, connect a WESMAINT cable from the PC
running your terminal emulation software to the DB9 connector on the
front panel of the D20ME.
3
Open your WESMAINT II+ terminal emulation software.
4
Restart your D20 or D200.
5
Press the Esc key on your keyboard, within 5 seconds.
Result:
The D20ME/ME II stops resetting continuously and you are
prompted with the message:
“Are you sure you wish to generate a default
configuration? (y/n)”
Note:
If nothing happens in WESMAINT II+ when you press the Esc
key, then you cannot use this procedure as a workaround.
Remove the board and return it to GE Energy for inspection
and repair.
6
Type y.
Results:
The current configuration file is overwritten with the default
configuration. The login prompt for the 68K Monitor appears.
7
Use the 68K Monitor to download a fresh code file to the Flash memory
and a fresh configuration file to the NVRAM. See “Procedure: Code
Download”, page 102.