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Version: 1 - November 2020

Designed and Manufactured in Australia by Ampcontrol Pty Ltd

iTools

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Summary of Contents for imac itools

Page 1: ...Version 1 November 2020 Designed and Manufactured in Australia by Ampcontrol Pty Ltd iTools User Manual ...

Page 2: ...WARNING The warning symbol highlights a potential risk of injury or death Please share these warnings with other operators CAUTION The caution symbol highlights a potential risk of damage to equipment Please share these cautions with other operators NOTE The note symbol highlights key information Please share these notes with other operators ENVIRO The enviro environmental symbol highlights areas ...

Page 3: ... in this document or from misuse of the information obtained herein The information in this document has been carefully checked and is believed to be entirely reliable with all of the necessary information included AMPCONTROL PTY LTD reserves the right to make changes to any products described herein to improve reliability function or design and reserves the right to revise this document and make ...

Page 4: ... FOR EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION PROPERTY OF AMPCONTROL PTY LTD NOT TO BE REPRODUCED IN PART TABLE OF CONTENTS iMAC iTOOLS OVERVIEW 5 Prerequisites 5 Serial Communications Port 5 1 2 1 Serial Port Programming Mode 6 iMAC Programming Cable 6 DOWNLOADING AND INSTALLING iTOOLS 7 Downloading iTools 7 Installing iTools 9 INSTALLING OPERATING SYSTEM FIRMWARE 11 DOWNLOADING SLP CODE 14 ...

Page 5: ...rol Website Search iTools 8 Figure 7 Ampcontrol Website Download iTools 8 Figure 8 iTools Zip Folder 9 Figure 9 Warning Message 9 Figure 10 Warning Message Run Anyway 9 Figure 11 iTools Setup Wizard 10 Figure 12 iTools Installation Complete 10 Figure 13 iTools Start Menu Icon 10 Figure 14 iTools 11 Figure 15 iTools Operating System Code 12 Figure 16 iTools Select Operating System Code 12 Figure 17...

Page 6: ... on your PC Laptop Refer to Section 2 for details The desired iMAC SLP application code The iMAC Controller with access to the RS232 green Phoenix connector at the back of the controller refer to Section 1 2 Access to the iMAC power source allowing a Controller power cycle A programming cable Refer to Section 1 3 Serial Communications Port The iMAC Controller is equipped with a serial communicatio...

Page 7: ...tem Firmware Unless programming mode is entered during power up the controller s serial port defaults to communications mode refer to the iMAC Communications User Manual for more information iMAC Programming Cable Ampcontrol recommends using the iMAC USB to RS232 programming lead PN 180109 for loading iMAC application SLP code and updating the Operating System Firmware The cable comes complete wit...

Page 8: ...ISTRIBUTION PROPERTY OF AMPCONTROL PTY LTD NOT TO BE REPRODUCED IN PART DOWNLOADING AND INSTALLING iTOOLS Downloading iTools The procedure for downloading and installing iTools is as follows 1 Navigate to the Ampcontrol website https www ampcontrolgroup com Figure 4 Ampcontrol Website 2 Select the search icon at the top right of the Ampcontrol home page Figure 5 Ampcontrol Website Search ...

Page 9: ...IBUTION PROPERTY OF AMPCONTROL PTY LTD NOT TO BE REPRODUCED IN PART 3 Search by typing iTools in the search box that appears Alternatively navigate to the following link https www ampcontrolgroup com s iTools Figure 6 Ampcontrol Website Search iTools 4 Click on the Download button for the iTools software Figure 7 Ampcontrol Website Download iTools 5 iTools should now download to the PC Laptop ...

Page 10: ...uccessfully completed ITools can be installed as follows 1 Navigate to the download folder and extract the iTools zip file to a temporary location The zip file will be named iTools X XX X zip Where X XX X represents the version of iTools The folder should contain the following files Figure 8 iTools Zip Folder 2 Double click setup exe to begin install 3 Windows may present the following message Fig...

Page 11: ...AMPCONTROL PTY LTD NOT TO BE REPRODUCED IN PART 5 The Windows installer will start Figure 11 iTools Setup Wizard 6 Click Next to navigate through the Setup Wizard 7 Once installation is complete the following will be displayed Figure 12 iTools Installation Complete 8 Select Close to exit the Setup Wizard iTools should now be installed and can be accessed via the Windows start menu Figure 13 iTools...

Page 12: ...e iMAC serial port interface to any com port on your PC Ampcontrol recommends using the iMAC Programming Cable refer to Section 1 3 3 Hold down SHIFT ENTER on the iMAC Controller keypad and apply power to the iMAC Controller at the same time 4 If the iMAC Controller LCD screen remains blank with two faint horizontal bars you are now in programming mode 5 Start iTools Figure 14 iTools 6 Select the ...

Page 13: ... NOVEMBER 2020 APPROVED FOR EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION PROPERTY OF AMPCONTROL PTY LTD NOT TO BE REPRODUCED IN PART Figure 15 iTools Operating System Code 7 The following screen will be presented Figure 16 iTools Select Operating System Code 8 In the iMAC Operating System Write window the latest iMAC Operating System Firmware source file will be pre selected ...

Page 14: ...C Controller and verified afterwards 12 Once the process is complete apply a power cycle to the controller the controller will boot using the newly installed firmware 13 Verify the correct Operating System Firmware was installed by viewing the VERSION PAGE on the Controller The highlighted text shows the Operating System version string H W DALS V2 0 JUL 98 F W MON5 V1 0 MAY 97 S W O S V4 2 OCT 20 ...

Page 15: ...the iMAC serial port interface to any com port on your PC Ampcontrol recommends using the iMAC Programming Cable refer to Section 1 3 3 Hold down SHIFT ENTER on the iMAC Controller keypad and apply power to the iMAC Controller at the same time 4 If the iMAC Controller LCD screen remains blank with two faint horizontal bars you are now in programming mode 5 Start iTools Figure 19 iTools 6 Select th...

Page 16: ... 000 915 542 iMAC iTools User Manual IMACB205 V1 NOVEMBER 2020 APPROVED FOR EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION PROPERTY OF AMPCONTROL PTY LTD NOT TO BE REPRODUCED IN PART Figure 20 iTools SLP Code 7 The following warning will be presented To continue select I Agree or close the window Figure 21 SLP Code Write Warning ...

Page 17: ...MAC Controller will cause all non volatile memory settings such as serial port settings slave Modbus address linespeed and any SLP code specific configurations e g NERZ ERZ boundary configurations conveyor longwall expected number of modules online configurations etc to revert to default values Please ensure you review and revert all non volatile settings configurations to the desired values follo...

Page 18: ...UTION PROPERTY OF AMPCONTROL PTY LTD NOT TO BE REPRODUCED IN PART 9 In the iMAC SLP Write window browse to the source directory and select the desired application SLP HEX code Figure 23 iTools Select SLP Code 10 Confirm that the selected file is correct for the Controller you wish to program 11 Programming is ready to commence select the program button to continue Figure 24 iTools Write SLP Code ...

Page 19: ...sfully been installed 14 If the Restart iMAC once complete feature was un ticked a power cycle will need to be applied to the controller the controller will boot using the newly installed SLP code 15 Verify the correct SLP was installed by viewing the VERSION PAGE on the Controller The highlighted text shows the SLP CODE version string H W DALS V2 0 JUL 98 F W MON5 V1 0 MAY 97 S W O S V4 2 OCT 20 ...

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