HITEC PMAC 3000 - Re-Initialization; Help; Update Firmware

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PMAC 3000 Page29
Eraseselectedplot in PMAC 3000 – Erases 1 of up to 30 plots from the PMAC 3000memory.
Clickthedesiredplottoselect/highlight.Eraseprogressisdisplayedatthe bottomoftheplot
selectorwindow.
EraseallplotsinPMAC3000–ErasesallplotsfromthePMAC3000
memory.Eraseprogressis
displayedatthebottomoftheplotselectorwindow.
Save plot  to file – Saves the currently loaded plot to a file on the PC.This selection is only
availableifasingle plothasbeenuploadedfromthePMAC3000,orasingleplothas
beenloaded
fromafileonthePC.
Loadplotfromfile– LoadsaplotfromafileonthePCharddriveintomemorywhereitcanbe
graphed,printed,orrenamed.
Exit–ReturnstotheGUIMainScreen.SeeFigure22.
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Re‐initialization
Re‐initializationisaprocessmadeupofthefollowingtwoevents.First,thetouchscreenisre‐
calibrated.Oncethatiscomplete,theflashmemoryisformatted.
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ImmediatelyafterclickingtheRe‐initbuttonontheMainScreen,theuserwillbewarnedabout
whatistohappen.Following
this,theuserwillbeaskedforapassword.Thepasswordis911.
Once the password has been entered, the process will begin.The first thingto appear is the
touchscreencalibration.Justfollowthedirectionspresented.Useanon‐abrasivesomewhat
pointyobject,suchasabobbypinortoothpicktotouchthescreeninthelocationsindicatedby
thearrows.Thetipofeacharrowwillbepressed3times.Oncethetouchscreencalibrationis
complete,thePMAC3000flashmemorywillinitialize.Uponcompletion,thePMAC3000willre‐
start.ThePMAC3000isnowreadytogo.
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Help
ClickingHelpwilllaunchthismanual.ThemanualisinPDFformatsuitableforprintingor
searching.AcopyofthismanualisalsoavailableontheCDthatcamewiththePMAC3000.
UpdateFirmware
ThisallowstheusertoupdatethefirmwareinsidethePMAC3000toaddfeaturesorfixbugs.
FilesareobtainedfromHITECSensorDevelopments.Whenusingthisfunction,thereisa
dedicatedhelpfilethatcanbebroughtupbyclickingtheassociatedhelpbutton.Itprovides
stepbystepinstructionsonhowtoperformafirmwareupgrade.Firmwareupgradeisonly
availableonPMAC3000’swithasoftwareversionof2.01‐2.02andlater.Encodercompatible
versionsofthesamerevisionlevelarealsoincluded.Therearesafetiesinplacetoprevent
corruptionofthePMAC3000firmware,but
itisrecommendedthattheuserstayoutofthis
functionunlessintendingtoinstallnewfirmware.
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