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9 CattronLink
™
WARNING
More than one remote control system may be used at, around, or nearby your operating facility.
Therefore, before selecting an address for a system or spare you must ensure that it is the correct
address for the desired equipment to be operated.
If the wrong address is programmed into an OCU or MCU, other remote-controlled equipment
located at, around, or nearby your facility may unintentionally become operational.
Failure to comply with the above warnings may result in serious injury or death to personnel and
damage to equipment.
These controllers feature the latest innovations in Safety, Programming and Configuration that enable continuous
performance and feature upgrades to be a simple process.
There are two parts to this;
1. The Firmware that includes the core safety functions and the Features (or Apps) that have been
integrated that give the OCU its operational capabilities such as RFID User Authorization or Tandem
Crane control
2. The Configuration Parameters that define the enabled state of any features, the required configuration
parameters such as Operating Frequencies, Address, Addressing Mode, Time-share Algorithms,
Switches allowed to be ON at startup, RFID use, Switch Mapping and much more.
The Firmware may contain features that are not configured or used, however if a feature is wanted, its App must
be in the firmware.
Configuration parameters that are not available in the firmware will not be implemented even if loaded in the
Configuration file.
Therefore, as features are release the firmware needs to be upgraded in order to benefit from them (if wanted).
Due to this flexible and easily upgradeable configuration concept, it is not uncommon for one OCU to be kept as a
spare for multiple cranes or machines, even if with widely varying functionality.
All OCU and MCU access is carried out wirelessly over a Bluetooth link from a laptop or PC running the Cattron
software utility called CattronLink
™.
9.1 What is CattronLink
™ Software.
CatttonLink
™ software is a suite of Apps that enable the latest generation of Cattron remote control products to
be accessed over a Bluetooth® link for the purposes of;
•
Firmware Upgrades
•
Loading or changing of configuration parameters such as Frequency, Address, OCU Timeout, button /
switch / relay allocation, etc.
•
Examining device status including switch and relay totalizers
•
Examining the datalogging stores.
CattronLink may be operated locally or remotely with the assistance of a member of the Cattron support team.
