Saving Data On The Hard Drive; Retrieving Configuration Data - American Dynamics MegaPower 3200 Administrator's Manual

Saving Data on the Hard Drive

EASY CPU allows you to save system configurations
on your hard drive. You can do this either before or
after transferring new configurations to the
MegaPower CPU. However, any configuration you
save to your hard drive must be transferred (written)
from the hard drive to the CPU before it will take
effect in the system.
To save configuration data on your hard drive:
1. Click File on the main screen.
2. Click Save in the dropdown menu bar if you are
planning to overwrite the existing file or Save As
if you are planning to create a new file.
3. If Save As, navigate through the Save As dialog
to a desired folder and enter a file name.
4. Click Save to save and close the file.

Retrieving Configuration Data

Do one of the following:
• For a new installation where no configuration data
file has been previously created, you should
initialize your system by retrieving (reading) into
EASY CPU the factory-default configuration data
residing in the CPU firmware. To do this, go to the
section, Factory-Default or Existing
Configuration Data in CPU, below.
• If you want to use an existing configuration file
that already has been written to the CPU, go to
the section, Factory-Default or Existing
Configuration Data in CPU, below.
• If you want to use an existing configuration file
that has not yet been written to the CPU, go to the
section, Configuration Data File Only in PC, on
this page.
• If you want to create a new configuration file and
then write it to the CPU, go to the section, New
Configuration File, on page 17.
Factory-Default or Existing Configuration
Data in CPU
Retrieve the factory-default or existing configuration
data from the CPU into EASY CPU by doing the
following:
1. Click File on the main screen.
2. Click Read in the dropdown menu bar. The
Choose Address dialog box appears.
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Figure 40. Choose Address dialog
3. In the MPCPU Address field, enter the IP address
of the desired MegaPower CPU, or select one
from the dropdown list.
4. Click OK to save the MPCPU address and begin
reading the configuration data into EASY CPU, or
Cancel to close the dialog box without saving the
address or reading the CPU configuration data.
5. Choose one of the following:
• If you want to enable user logins, go to the
section, Adding a User Login, on page 17.
• If you do not want to enable user logins, your
system is ready to use.
Configuration Data File Only in PC
After creating and saving a configuration data file in
EASY CPU, you must write (or transfer) the new
configuration settings to the CPU.
To write an existing configuration data file located in
your PC to the CPU, do the following:
1. Click File on the main screen.
2. Click Open... in the dropdown menu bar.
3. Locate and highlight the desired file in the Open
dialog box.
4. Click Open. The file is loaded into EASY CPU.
5. Click File on the main screen.
6. Click Write in the dropdown menu bar. The
Choose Address dialog box appears.
Figure 41. Choose Address dialog
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