Control Systems
OBR Control Systems Inc
OBR Control Systems Inc
Telephone : +1 (248) 672-3339
32233 West 8 Mile Road
www.obrcontrolsystems.com
Livonia, Michigan 48152
USA
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4 Main Menu
The PC tool has 6 main menu sections:
4.1 File
You can open an existing configuration file by clicking on FILE and then select OPEN.
Use
F2
as a hot key to open a new configuration file.
Default file location is in this folder:
c:\program files\obr control systems\powerbox
You can save a configuration file on your PC by clicking on
FILE, then SAVE. Now select the folder where you want to
save the file (by default
c:\program files\obr control
systems\powerbox
), type a file name and click OK. Use
F3
as a hot key to save a configuration file.
Click on
Save Hex
to save a configuration file as a hex file.
Use
F4
as a hot key for this function.
You can display differences between two configuration files by selecting the function COMPARE
WITH. Please refer to section 6.
Click on EXIT to close the PCM2 tool. Use
F7
as a hot key to close the programme.
4.2 Product
This tool supports two versions from the PCM2 product family:
- PCM2 is this 48-channel module.
- hPCM_AC is the 8-channel module, which has these main features:
o
8 high side outputs
o
2 CAN port with full routing option
o
8 analogue 0..5V sensor inputs
o
8 digital inputs
4.3 Device
4.3.1 Read
You can read the PCM2 configuration file by clicking on
READ in the menu DEVICE.
Use
F8
as a hot key to read the configuration from PCM2.
4.3.2 Write
You can upload a new configuration from the PC tool to
PCM2 by clicking on WRITE.
Use
F9
as a hot key to write a new configuration file to
PCM2. Once the new configuration file has been
transmitted to the PCM2, the module is re-booted
automatically.
An error message may pop up:
It is not possible to send a configuration file to PCM2 if more
than one event controls a single output.
Please see section 5.3.
Please note, that a configuration file can only be uploaded if the battery supply voltage is above 10
Volts.
