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2.2) Using the Obelisk card Programmer (continued).
Using the OBELISK top2 :
1.) Install the program on the CD to your computer and open the program. Click on “Termina top2” and then select
“tr622top2” and then “OK”.
2.) Connect the programmer to a free USB slot.
3.) Insert the OBELISK card from your timer (it will have been programmed with a back up set of your bell times by our
system installer when your system was commissioned).
4.) Click on the “read obelisk” button at the top of the screen (it’s just below the “help” menu, with a red arrow). The
computer will load the times off the card and onto your screen.
5.) You can now make changes and save them back to your card and thence to your timer. We recommend you also
make a back up of the times to both your computer AND the new OBELISK card as well.
Important things to remember:
The OBELISK program contains a comprehensive HELP file which is found simply by clicking “help” at the top left end
of the menu bar.
Note that when opening the program make sure you select “tr622top2” as your timer, otherwise the system will not
program the OBELISK card correctly.
Remember that “Channel 1” is the
timer channel that controls your BELLS.
ALL times entered into Channel 1 MUST be
PULSE TIMES usually of ten seconds duration.
If you fail to do this properly the bell will get “stuck on” and ring
endlessly until you turn it off.
“Channel 2” is the
music channel.
This channel is programmed the same as for the BELL channel but the PULSE
TIMES are usually of 2 minutes duration.
Do not programme music times for longer than 3 minutes as this will likely
generate noise complaints both from residents around the school and from within the school itself.
We strongly recommend you keep one OBELISK card (usually the one that came with the timer and was programmed
by our staff when the system was commissioned) as a BACKUP and do not write to it. Instead, write your modified
programs to the NEW card and thence load them onto the timer. That way if you make a mistake you can reload the old
times easily while you sort out what went wrong.