Adaptive AlphaEclipse PureColor 3600 Read This First

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EAD THIS FIRST
Identify each sign. You should have two master units, labeled ADDRESS 1 MASTER
1
UNIT CABLE CONNECTIONS, and ADDRESS 2 MASTER UNIT CABLE
CONNECTIONS.
Master Unit, Address = 1
Contains RS485 cable, sync cable, and
temperature probe cable.
ADDRESS 1 MASTER UNIT
CABLE CONNECTIONS
1) ROUTE MAIN RS485, TEMP CABLE ,
AND SYNC CABLE INTO UNIT WITH
ADDRESS 2 (DO NOT ROUTE WITH
AC WIRES).
2) FOLLOW CONNECTION INSTRUCTIONS
IN ADDRESS 2 UNIT.
CABLE CONNECTIONS HAVE BEEN
FACTORY INSTALLED IN ADDRESS 1 UNITS
Open the wireway of the sign labeled ADDRESS 1 MASTER UNIT CABLE
2
CONNECTIONS and locate the RS485 cable, the sync cable, and the temperature
probe cable.
Locate the
RS485 cable,
sync cable,
and temperature
probe cable,
identified by
these labels,
inside the
wireway.
Wireway
Run the RS485 cable, the sync cable, and the temperature probe cable out of the
3
wireway through the communications conduit opening and close the wireway.
AlphaEclipse™ PureColor™ 3600 Signs
Master/Master Configuration
http://www.adaptivedisplays.com/support/eclipse
label no. 98118018 rev A
CONNECT TO
COM0 (MAIN RS485)
IN ADDRESS 2
label no. 98118021 rev A
CONNECT TO
COM3 (SYNC COM)
IN ADDRESS 2
label no. 98118022 rev A
CONNECT TO
COM2 (TEMP PROBE)
IN ADDRESS 2
label no. 98118023 rev A
Wireway
Master Unit
Address = 1
Communications conduit opening
Do not route the cables with power wires.
Master Unit, Address = 2
ADDRESS 2 MASTER UNIT
CABLE CONNECTIONS
1) ROUTE MAIN RS485 FROM MASTER
UNIT ADDRESS 1 INTO THIS UNIT
(ADDRESS = 2) AND CONNECT TO COM0
AS LABELED.
2) ROUTE TEMP CABLE FROM MASTER
UNIT ADDRESS 1 INTO THIS UNIT
(ADDRESS = 2) AND CONNECT TO COM2
AS LABELED.
3) ROUTE SYNC CABLE FROM MASTER UNIT
ADDRESS 1 INTO THIS UNIT (ADDRESS - 2)
AND CONNECT TO COM3 AS LABELED.