Fidelix FX-RP multiDISPLAY
Programming manual
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Troubleshooting the converter
The converter works using a lot of embedded Windows and Internet Explorer features. This unfortunately also
means that it is recommended to do only 1 single conversion, and then close the program. You will easily
encounter program crashes when doing multiple very similar conversions. IN that case, it might happen that an
instance of the program stays in the computer memory, even while visually closed. In such a case, start the
Windows task manager and manually stop the “BMPconvert” process:
Getting projects on the multiDISPLAY
Projects can either be loaded into the internal memory of the multiDISPLAY, or be stored on a µSD card. The
advantage of the internal memory is its speed, the advantage of the µSD card is its size. Most projects will easily
fit into the internal memory of the FX-RP multiDISPLAY, but for complex, extensive graphics with many pages,
if might be necessary to use a µSD memory card.
We recommend using the internal memory as long as this is possible, because this will limit the number of read
operation from the µSD card and thus guarantee a longer life span of your project.
Loading projects into the FX-RP multiDISPLAY’s internal memory
Make sure that when you want to use the graphics from the FX-RP multiDISPLAY’s internal memory, the “uSD-
card” tick box is NOT ticked. When the box is not ticked, the converter will generate 1 file that contains the whole
project and that will be copied into the display’s internal memory. When the box is ticked, the same file will only
contain the used fonts of the project, and links to the files on the µSD card.
With an FX-controller
From an FX-Controller it is possible to load the generated binary file to the FX-RP multiDISPLAY through the
module update feature on the controller ( > Programming > Module versions). In order to see the graphics in the
list, copy the generated “MULTI-DISP.dat-xxxx” file you will find inside the “UserFiles” folder on your PC to the
\HDisk\Fidelix\DATA folder on the FX. Note that this folder is different than the one used for firmware updates.
The module update feature can also be used to update graphics of FX-RP multiDISPLAYs connected to a
multi24’s external bus. This feature is called “pass-through”. To enable the pass-through feature, the “MULTI-
DISP.dat-xxxx” file name has to be changed to have the PASSTH-XX- prefix, where XX is FX-RP
multiDISPLAY’s Modbus address on the external bus. For example, when uploading a project to an FX-RP
multiDISPLAY, connected to the external bus of a multi24 on address 10, the file name should be “PASSTH-10-
MULTI-DISP.dat-xxxx”. New files copied to the \hdisk\fidelix\data folder will automatically show in the firmware
selection frame.
