Transfer Mcu Pwb Board Nvram Engine Status To A New Board - Epson ColorPage EPL-C8200 Service Manual

EPSON ColorPage EPL-C8200

4.2.9 Transfer MCU PWB Board NVRAM Engine Status to a New Board

Follow the steps below to transfer the engine status data in the previous
MCU PWB NVRAM to the new MCU PWB.
1. Locate the C_READ_E.AT and CVTLOGAT.EXE files in the
"TOOL\DIAG\AT_FILE" folder of the SELF TRAINING KIT CD-
ROM, and copy the files to the "Renoir Service Commander
2.01\AUTO" in the folder that contains Diagnostic Commander.
2. Install the Diagnostic Board instead of the MAIN CONTROLLER
PWB to the printer, connect it to the PC with a serial I/F, and turn the
printer on. Then execute the ""Renoir Service Commander" on the
Windows 95.
3. From the "Auto" menu, click "File Open", and open the
"C_READ_E.AT" file.
4. Select "Connect", "Sync", and then "Start". The printer performs the
engine initialization when the printer accept the program.
5. Right-click in the background (gray area) inside the Auto menu's
frame, and click "Log Window Open". The current data stored in the
installed MCU PWB NVRAM appears in the "Log Window".
6. After checking the data in the Log Window, right-click in the window
and then click "Log Save". Give the file a name, up to eight
characters long and ending with the .LOG extension, and save it in
the Auto folder.
7. Select and execute the "CVTLOGAT.EXE" file in the "Renoir
Service Commander 2.01\AUTO" folder, and in the menu that
appears enter the full name of the log file you saved in the previous
step. Then press the Return key following the menu. A message
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appears confirming that the "LOG file has been edited as AT file"
and saved with the ".AT" extension. Press the Return key again to
close this program.
8. Turn the printer off, and replace the old MCU PWB with a new one.
9. Install the Diagnostic Board in the printer, connect it to the PC again,
and turn the printer on. Execute the Diagnostic Commander again.
10. Choose "NVM Write" from the "Service" menu.*
11. Right-click in the background (gray area) to open "Log Window",
and choose "Log Clear" to close the "Log Window".
12. Choose "File Open" on the Auto menu, and in the Auto folder open
the file you named and saved in a previous step (xxxxxxxx.AT).
13. Select Connect, Sync, and then Start. The printer performs the
engine initialization when the printer accepts the program.
14. Close the Diagnostic Commander, and turn off the printer.
15. Replace the Diagnostic Board with the CONTROLLER PWB.
16. Print an engine status sheet, and make sure that all of the old
counter readings have been transferred to the new MCU PWB.
* If the newly installed MCU PWB has been used before, choose Slave
Initialize and turn the printer off and back on before executing NVM
Write.
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