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Chapter 4
Operating Instructions
Overview
An Ethernet Connection is used to control of the BDS receiver via a PC. See
"Establishing a Connection to the BDS
Applying Power
The Bird Diagnostic System receiver has a power input connector on the rear panel, the supplied BDS power supply
should be secured to the BDS using the screw-on barrel connector. The power switch on the rear panel is used to
apply and remove power to the BDS circuitry.
Status LEDs
The receiver has three status LEDs. Each LED can have four conditions, off (W), on green (G), and on Orange (O). The
three letters in the Code column are arranged left-to-right as viewed on the instrument. The letters indicate the
condition of each LED. The meaning of the code is in the description column.
Code
Description
WWW
No power applied
GWW
Loading FPGA image.
GOW
Bootloader running
GGW
Main applications running, but calibration data has not been
loaded (cable and probe disconnected).
GGG
System is ready with all components connected and all
calibration data loaded.
Ready for calibrated measurements.