GE D20MX, User Manual

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CHAPTER 5: CONFIGURING THE SOFTWARE
D20MX HARDWARE USER’S MANUAL GE INFORMATION 63
NOTE
The D20MX can only be accessed over the front RS232 port with the system default
configuration.
If you synchronize a configuration with any of the following errors:
•
There are no usernames configured in the B014 User table,
• The B014 User table is disabled, or
• The B014 application definition does not match the firmware version,
then the applications do not start and you only have serial access in debug mode.
Login with the system default username over the front RS232 port and synchronize a
correct configuration.
Download image files to the D20MX
When to download
Instances where you may need to download an operating system or application image file
to your D20MX:
•
When a new version of the operating system or application image has been released.
• If the D20MX has performed self-diagnostics and determined that the application
image file is either missing or corrupted.
• After maintenance or replacement work that has deleted the application file.
Prerequisites for image download
The following items must be available before an application or operating system image file
can be loaded into a D20MX over a serial or network link:
•
Windows PC with SGConfig version 7.2 and higher software.
• The application firmware file, preferably located on a local hard drive.
This file will be named: appl.out.
• The operating system image file, preferably located on a local hard drive.
This file will be named: vxWorks.
• The D20MX module must be installed into a D20 chassis, ready to power-up.
Prerequisite for image
download over a
serial link
The following item must be available before an application and operating system image
file can be loaded into a D20MX over a serial link:
•
A NULL modem cable (GE Energy part number 977-0529) connecting the RS-232
connector on the front panel of the D20MX to the serial communications port of a PC
or terminal.
Prerequisite for image
download over a
network link
The following items must be available before an application and operating system image
file can be loaded into a D20MX over the network:
•
An Ethernet switch and appropriate Ethernet patch cables to connect your PC's
Network Adapter and the D20MX's Ethernet port 1 to the switch.
• The D20MX contains a configuration file with LAN enabled and an IP address that
matches the one configured in SGConfig.
• The PC's Network Adapter is configured with an IP address on the same network as
the IP address of the D20MX.