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2.0 System Start Up
When you plug the Motion Controller into an external power source, no message is displayed on the LCD screen and the
power status indicator remains turned off.
To initialize your Motion Controller, just press the Power Button below the Power Status Indicator on the front panel.
As soon as you press the Power Button, the power status indicator will turn red and the following message will appear on
the LCD screen: “- System startup – Startup may take a few minutes -”.
2.1 Initialization
Initializing your Motion Controller can take 30 to 60 seconds, during which, the following messages will be displayed
consecutively on the LCD screen:
“-
Welcome to D-Box Motion System – Initializing
-” Simultaneously with the preceding screen you will also notice the
Power Status Indicator changing from RED to GREEN.
“-
Loading Film Database…
-” This step in the process is to bring the movie database motion codes in the Motion
Controller’s main application. The bigger the movie database is, the longer this step will take.
“-
Detecting Boards…
-” this step in the process is to verify the proper functioning of the actuators in the Motion Seat (or
platform).
Actuators are robotic devices located in your Motion Seat (or platform) that create the required motion. It is possible to
connect up to 4 seating places, or rows in your Motion Controller. Each Motion Seat (or platform) is connected to a
KineLink
port located at the rear of your Motion Controller (Rows A, B, C and D).
During this verification phase, while checking the proper functioning of each row, the following message is displayed:
“
Board 0:
Row A – OK
:
Row B – N/A
:
Row C – N/A
:
Row D – N/A
”
“OK”
: indicates that everything is functional and that every actuator on the Motion Seat of this row is active and
ready to go.
“DIS”
: indicates that the row is disabled due to an error or can be set manually
by the user through the “Enable
Row” option in the “Configuration” sub-menu.
“N/A”
: appears when nothing is connected to this “Row” even if the “Row” is disabled through the “Enable Row”
option in the “Configuration” sub-menu.
However, if the following information is displayed: “-
Error- No Motion Controller Board Detected
-”, check the
connection of the USB cable at the back of your controller.
If such is the case, you must make sure that the USB cable is connected properly at the back of the Motion Controller
from the PC3 connection to Port 1 and then by restarting the Motion Controller.
This error can be cleared by pressing the Power button to shutdown the controller. Shutdown takes at least 10 to 15
seconds to completely power OFF. Once the connections have been checked, press the Power button to restart the
Motion Controller.
If such
is not the case and the error is not cleared, please refer to the
FAQ
section at the end of this guide for additional
help.
For the cable connections, please refer to the
Motion Controller Quick Start Guide
.
