Electrical Installation

Tools and Materials

Tools and Materials

Obtain the following tools and materials.

Office records for installation site

Grounding wrist strap

Controller card

Verify Software Compatibility

CAUTION! SERVICE DISRUPTIONS MAY OCCUR IF TWO CONTROLLER CARDS ARE INSTALLED WITH INCOMPATIBLE SOFTWARE, SUCH AS ONE DCS CARD AND ONE GR-303CARD. IF THE SOFTWARE IS NOT COMPATIBLE, DO NOT SWITCH NEW CONTROLLER INTO ACTIVE MODE REMOVE CARD AND RETURN TO REPAIR FACILITY. IF DESIRED, YOU CAN UPGRADE THE NEW CARD TO MAKE THE SOFTWARE COMPATIBLE (SEEUPDATE CONTROLLER CARD SOFTWARE ON page 17-1).

NOTE: This procedure assumes that the existing Controller is in card slot A and that the redundant Controller will be installed in card slot B. If this is not true, reverse the A and B designations in the following steps.

1.If not currently logged into the Access Navigator, initiate an RS-232 management session (see Start RS-232 Management Session on page 7-6).

2.Display version of installed Controller card software by entering the following command: status equipment

A message similar to the following will appear.

Equipment

Status

Version

---------

------

-------

Controller A Active

01.72

Controller B Card not installed

 

3.Is version of installed Controller card compatible with redundant Controller card to be installed? If YES, go to next step.

If NO, do NOT continue this procedure. Software is not compatible. See CAUTION above.

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Access Navigator - Release 1.8

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