VICI M50 - Troubleshooting Party Mode Communications

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Troubleshooting Party Mode Communications
Ifyoucan’tcommunicatewithaMicroLYNXinpartymode,rstmakesure
that commands are preceded with the correct address and terminated with
[Ctrl-J]. Also remember that the unit will stop listening if you send a wrong
address. Send a [Ctrl-J]andtryagain.Ifitstilldoesn’twork,readon.
If using hardware switch addressing
•Are you sending a lower case address?
The address is uppercaseA-G.Theunitswillnotrespondtolowercase.
•Did you remember to cycle power or [Ctrl-C] after setting the switches?
The address assignment takes place only after power up or [Ctrl-C].
If using software addressing
•Did you enclose the desired address in quotes (DN=“x”)?
While quotes are not required when sending commands to the controller,
during assignment the address must be enclosed within quotes.
•Are the switches all off?
If not, the switch address will override the software address on power
up.Youwillhavetoresetthesoftwareaddressusingtheprocedureon
page 26.
•Did you accidentally set the wrong address?
Youmayhaveinadvertentlysettheaddresstoanunintendedcharacter
orwrongcase.Torecover,settheswitchestoanyunusedaddress(A-G)
and cycle power or send a [Ctrl-C], then reset the software address using
theprocedureonpage26.IfaddressesA-Gareallused,temporarily
remove from system and reset address, then reinstall in system.
If using RS-232
•Is the unit connected to RS-232 set to Host=true (1)?
If not, disconnect all other units and set the Host mode as described in
step 8 on page 26.
•Did you set more than the first MicroLYNX to Host=true?
Only the unit actually connected to the RS-232 cable can be the host; all
othersmusthavethehostsettofalse(0).Disconnectcommunication
cables from all units. Connect the RS-232 cable to each unit in turn and
checktheHostsettingbysendingPRINTHOST.Thereplyshouldbe
FALSEforallbuttherstunitinthesystem.Ifrequired,sendHOST=0to
the clear host flag.
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