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F I R M W A R E U P G R A D E S A N D TR O U B L E S H O O T I N G

 

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System Troubleshooting

 

. . .

Table D-1.Troubleshooting Guide(Continued)

 

 

 

Symptom

Recommendations

 

No text on a terminal

To see your own typed entries, enable the echo mode when

 

 

using an ASCII terminal (or terminal emulation program)

 

 

to control the system from the RS-232 port.

 

 

Use the “ECHO” command to enable or disable the echo

 

 

mode.

 

 

When using an application program running on a computer

 

 

to control Quadra over the RS-232 port, you may need to

 

 

disable the echo mode.

 

 

Check baud rate and protocol settings.

 

 

Check that cables are in good condition and connected

 

 

correctly.

 

 

 

 

Unreliable control of the

See the recommendation immediately above. You may

 

Quadra from the RS232

need to disable “ECHO.”

 

port.

Check that the “BAUDrate” for the Quadra and your

 

 

console device are set to the same speed.

 

 

 

 

Unable to connect to the

Check that the Quadra is connected to the network using

 

Quadra over the network.

a standard Ethernet cable.

 

 

Check that you are using the correct IP address.

 

 

If you are unable to connect and are sure that IP address is

 

 

correct, check the Subnet mask and make sure that it is

 

 

suited to your network configuration.

 

 

If you believe the IP address and Subnet mask are correct

 

 

but you still cannot connect, check that this is not a

 

 

duplicate IP address. Use the IP “ping” command from

 

 

the Windows® command window, and see if there is a

 

 

response. If there is a response, turn off Quadra and ping

 

 

the IP address again. If there is still a response, a duplicate

 

 

address exists.

 

 

 

 

Unable to connect to

Check that Quadra is connected to the PC using an

 

Quadra directly from a

Ethernet crossover cable. A suitable cable is the Belkin

 

PC (peer to peer

Part # A3X126-07.

 

connection).

Check that you are using the correct IP address.

 

 

If you are unable to connect and are sure that the IP

 

 

address is correct, check the IP settings of your PC. Many

 

 

PCs are set to work with a DHCP server which is not

 

 

present when connecting directly to Quadra.

 

 

If you believe that Quadra’s IP address is correct and

 

 

your PC has a valid IP address, but you still cannot

 

 

connect, check that this is not a duplicate IP address. Use

 

 

the IP “ping” command from the Windows command

 

 

window, and see if there is a response. If there is a

 

 

response, turn off Quadra and ping the IP address again.

 

 

If there is still a response, your PC has been set with the

 

 

same address as the Quadra.

 

 

 

 

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Quadra User's Guide specifications

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