ZETRON 025-9581M, Installation And Maintenance Manual

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Overview
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Configuring Station Transponder Units
Overview
This chapter covers the initial configuration of the Station Transponder Units. In most
cases, it is necessary that these settings be made prior to the unit being connected to a
system. Once the units have been configured, they may be connected into a system on the
workbench to test their basic functions (an excellent idea when assembling a new system
for the first time) or they can be taken to their final destination and connected to the
system there.
The assignment of the unit number and IP address are necessary to support the addition of
the unit to the overall FSA system.
The serial programming described in this chapter covers certain attributes of the Station
Transponder Unit sense inputs and relay operation that cannot be programmed through the
network connection.
Setting the Unit Number
Each Model 6203 or Model 6204 Station Transponder Unit in the system must have a
unique hardware ID number assigned to it. This number not only identifies the unit within
the system, it also indicates whether the unit in question is the primary or secondary unit at
any station with more than one unit. Primary units are numbered from 1 to 511. Secondary
units are given an ID number equal to the ID of the primary unit plus 512.