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Sending a Program to the telePendant.
WARNING
AFTER EVERY PROGRAMMING OF THE TRANSMITTER, TEST THE UNIT BY TURNING IT ON AND
OFF NEAR THE APPROPRIATE RECEIVER. IF THE RECEIVER DOES NOT RESPOND, DO NOT
ACTIVATE A FUNCTION BUTTON! THE TRANSMITTER MAY HAVE INCORRECT PROGRAMMING,
WHICH COULD MOVE ANOTHER CRANE. RE-CHECK THE PROGRAMMING IN THE TRANSMITTER
AND RETEST. AFTER ACTIVATION OF RECEIVER, FUNCTIONALLY TEST ALL COMMANDS ON
THE TRANSMITTER BY INITIALLY JOGGING THE BUTTONS, THEN WITH A FULL MOVEMENT
BEFORE RETUNING TO SERVICE. FAILURE TO FOLLOW THIS WARNING COULD RESULT IN
SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH AND DAMAGE TO EQUIPMENT.
To send a program file, consisting of up to four banks, to a telePendant Transmitter:
1.
Turn transmitter unit OFF. Note that the Tx Red LED is OFF.
2.
Switch the unit to Bank 5 by: pressing the ON button down; while holding the ON button down press the
fifth down from the top motion button down; next, release the ON button; and then release the fifth
motion button. Note that the Tx Red LED is flashing quickly five times then pausing. This flashing
indicates you are in bank 5.
3.
Line up the IR adaptor with the transmitters infrared port (remove battery door on the back and pull
battery pack back to expose the
tele
Pendant’s infrared port (see figure
tele
Pendant Infrared Port Access)).
4.
Click the Send button on the RCP screen. A dialog box will pop up confirming that you want to proceed.
Check the box marked “I accept” then click the button “Continue send to radio.” Onscreen prompts will
confirm that the transmitter has been programmed or if there are any issues.
Receiving (Reading) the telePendant Programming.
To read a program file from the
tele
Pendant Transmitter:
1.
Put the transmitter in bank 5 and line up the IR adaptor as above.
2.
Click “Receive” and follow on screen prompts.
3.
RCP will confirm reception and automatically display current programming in the
tele
Pendant unit.
Reading the telePendant ID and history.
To read an identity (an identity is the name that was programmed into the transmitter) from the
tele
Pendant
Transmitter:
1.
Put the transmitter in bank 5 and line up the IR adaptor as above.
2.
Click on the Unit ID or history tab.
3.
Click receive.
4.
RCP will read: Unit ID and history and display them when the appropriate on screen buttons are clicked
Reading the RCP Software Version.
To read the RCP Software Version:
1.
Select “Help”.
2.
Select “About”.
3.
Unit will read: RCP Software Version number.
4.
Select the item(s) you wish to send.
5.
Wait for confirmation text on PDA screen: