Aggregate Control Unit GENCON II pro - DSL electronic ® GmbH

Software maintenance
Text editing
You may wish to change the name of an input alarm channel, or you may wish to translate all the commands
and messages from English into another language. You can do this by yourself using the PC program ED.EXE.
After editing the texts by ED.EXE, load the revised software into GENCON II using the procedure described
in the following section.
Run the program by ED SET to define the program input and output files. If you omit the argument SET,
ED.EXE will use the file names that it used in its previous execution. You can edit an existing software file by
specifying the same input and output file names.
The layout of your PC keyboard may be different from the USA English standard. ED.EXE allows you to redefine
the keyboard "stroke to font" linkage. You can link a font with a single key, with a function key or with a
common key combination (ie Ctrl-key, Shift-key, Alt-key).
To link a key with a font, use the arrow keys first to point to the desired font and then strike the ENTER key,
the blue font background turns to red. Strike the desired key to establish linkage. The PC beeps if you strike an
unlinked key. If you strike a linked key, the blue "highlight" moves to the corresponding font. Strike Esc to end
the keyboard definition phase.
The text editing process is straightforward: Type over the existing text (the PC left, right, insert and delete keys
are at your disposal). Skip text line editing by striking the down arrow key.
Backtrack by striking the up arrow key. To introduce your text changes strike the ENTER key. End ED.EXE
by striking the Esc key. Be careful not to place text where measured values are displayed!
Software down loading
It may be required to load GENCON II with a new software version to enhance its capabilities, or it may be
required to load GENCON II with software having modified texts (see Text Editing). The software is stored in
a non-volatile Flash memory. The Flash memory is programmed (written to) by GENCON II itself. Flash
memories can undergo 10,000 re-programming cycles. You can identify the version of the software resident in
GENCON II using the COMMAND\HELP.
Prerequisites:
1. The PC should have an RS-485 serial communication port, preferably isolated from the PC ground. The
RS-485 transmitter (TX) enable signal should either be DTR, RTS or OUT1. No IRQ line is required.
2. Minimum 15 volt DC power supply for GENCON II. The DC supply should be well regulated or loading
the software may fail. It is advised to avoid electrical transients while loading software!
3. New software disk.
Procedure:
1. Using a long and thin screw-driver prepare the dip switches for Flash programming
by: SW2=SW3=DOWN. You don't have to open the instrument cover!
See also Dip-switches.
2. Connect GENCON II to the PC RS-485 serial port. Only one controller can now be
connected to the PC!
3. Run LOAD.EXE by LOAD SET. Change RS-485 communication port as necessary.
If you type LOAD only, the program uses the set of arguments it used last.
4. Turn on GENCON II power supply.
5. Press ENTER to begin the software transfer. '>'s appear on the PC screen to indicate transfer progress.
PROG message appears on the GENCON II LCD. Wait for successful programming completion message.
6. Turn off GENCON II power supply.
7. Prepare GENCON II dip-switches back for normal operation by: SW2=SW3=UP.
8. Turn on GENCON II power supply. Press 0 if you are asked to do so.
Automatic text translation
TRAN.EXE is a utility program which picks up translations made for an earlier
GENCON II software version and automatically introduces them to a newly released
English software version. Run the program for further details.
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