Switches
4–4 iSTAR Ultra Installation and Configuration Guide
SW3 Rotary Switch
SW3 is an onboard 16-position rotary switch. Most of the positions are used to control LCD
diagnostics. Table 4-1 on page 4-4 provides descriptions of the iSTAR Ultra rotary switch
functions.
S1-1 (Encryption)
The Encryption switch enables FIPS 197 AES 256-bit encryption. The switch setting must
match the software configuration of the cluster and the controller.
If encrypted, the iSTAR Ultra controller can cluster with:
iSTAR Ultra LT with encryption set to ON
Other iSTAR Ultras and iSTAR Ultra SEs (Ultra Mode) with the Encryption Switch set to
ON
iSTAR Edge
iSTAR eX
Table 4-1: iSTAR Ultra Rotary Switch Functions
Position Description
0 ICU Block Off (Read/Write/Update) Display General Messages
1 Display card data from last card read, 7 second LCD display (slow mode)
2 Display card data from last card read, 2 second LCD display (fast mode)
3 Display supervised input changes, 2 second LCD display (slow mode)
4 Display supervised input changes, 1 second LCD display (fast mode)
5 Display manual output changes (include readers and R/8 boards), 2 second LCD display (slow
mode)
6 Display manual output changes (include readers and R/8 boards), 1 second LCD display (fast
mode)
7 Not used
8 Hardware Test (Onboard Ethernet 1 and 2, USB ports)
NOTES:
Ethernet tests require a good IP (Static or DHCP, and a good network link) and at least one ICU
running on the same subnet.
USB port tests require the thumb drive to be formatted to a FAT32 file format.
9 Not used
A Not used
B MFG-ATE (Automated Test Equipment) (Software House only)
C Disable watchdog (Software House only)
D Restore Factory Default. Erase data backups and communication parameters from flash. (Press
GCM reset, wait for LCD instructions, set rotary switch back to 0 or F, press reset again.)
E Boot to previous image (Software House only)
F ICU Block On (Read only) - Display General Messages