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48 Control of multiple drives
Selecting drive menu
In the Options menu, select Select drive
which lists all the drives connected to the
panel bus and shows their current status. If
panel bus is not enabled, only one drive is
shown.
In the panel bus, If the connection to the
currently selected drive fails,
Select drive
menu is shown with the other drive list.
In the Select drive menu, any drives to which the connection is lost are shown in
dimmed text.
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Selecting a drive
If there are multiple drives connected to the same panel bus, you can select which
drive to control with the control panel.
1. In the Options menu, select Select drive to open a list of connected drives.
2. Use and to move the cursor. When a drive is highlighted, the green LED on
the drive blinks for one second.
3. Press ( Select ) to change control to the highlighted drive.
Panel features with multiple drives
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Panel views
In a panel bus configuration, the control panel communicates with one drive at a time.
Any information shown on the control panel, such as the status bar or signals in the
Home view pertain to the currently selected drive. Similarly, the control panel stores
data to its memory only from the currently selected drive.
Changes to the Home view configuration and any parameter changes are saved in
the drive. They can be transferred to other drives using the backup feature.
You can view information on other drives in the panel bus and switch to another drive
in the
Select drive menu.
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The Help page
The content of the Help page is drive-specific, and it always refers to the currently
selected drive.