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DCell & DSC MantraCAN User Manual
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Reset
The Reset command, RST
This command is used to reset the device. This command
MUST
be issued if the following parameters are changed
before the change will take effect. Alternatively the power maybe cycled.
RATE, NODEIDL, NODEIDH, BPS and all of the Message parameters
The reset action may take up to about a second to take effect, followed by the normal start-up pause of 1 second.
WARNING: Finite Non-Volatile Memory Life
The DCell and DSC use EEPROM-type memory as the storage for non-volatile controls (i.e. all the settings that are
retained even when powered down).
The device EEPROM itself is specified for 100,000 write cycles (for any one storage location), although typically this
is 1,000,000. Therefore –
When automatic procedures may write to stored control parameters, it is important to make sure this does not
happen too frequently.
So you should not, for example,
on a regular basis
adjust an offset calibration parameter to zero the output value.
However, it
is
reasonable to use this if the zeroing process is initiated by the operator, and won’t normally be used
repeatedly.
For the same reason, automatically cancelling warning flags must also be implemented with caution: It is okay as
long as you are not getting an error recurring
repeatedly
, and resetting it every few seconds.