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CONSOLE
The EMB Hub has an LCD console and two push buttons labeled “menu” and “select”. These can be
used to configure some of the basic features of the EMB Hub. The intended purpose of the console
is to configure the EMB Hub to a point where a computer can communicate with it for further detailed
configuration.
When the EMB Hub is running, it will show “EMB Hub Ready” and the current time alternated with the
ethernet IP address. If you choose to enable the console display of data points, the LCD will also show the
selected point names and current reading values. The display will change to the next listed item about once
every 10 seconds. If a data point name is longer than will fit on the 16 character wide display, it will
be scrolled. Pressing the select button will cause the display to change to the next configured item.
Pressing the select button quickly will skip through multiple display points.
Pressing the Menu button will cause the main menu to appear. Once [Main Menu] is shown on the console,
the menu button will change the menu option, and the select button will take action on the currently
displayed option. Some options provide sub menus, others allow you to edit the option value. The following
is a tree display of the main menu and sub menus.
The
TCP/IP sub menu
will allow you to configure the ethernet settings for the EMB Hub. To edit the IP
settings, use the menu button to change options, and press the select button to edit the option. Once
selected, you will see the curent value displayed and a blinking square cursor on the first character. Press
the menu button to change the character or digit. Press the select button to use the digit and move the
cursor to the right one space. If you press the select button multiple times, the cursor will move right a
similar number of spaces, allowing you to skip over characters that may be correct based on the previous
settings. When you are finished entering the IP address, select a blank space with the menu button, and
press select. Any characters still remaining to the right of the cursor will be eliminated. (i.e., if changing
128.193.100.200 to 10.0.0.1, the new IP address will be several digits shorter than the old one.
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