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Redback® A 6500 Programming Guide
1.0 A 6500 WALL PLATE SOFTWARE
1.1 ACCESSING THE SOFTWARE
The software is provided on the supplied Micro SD Card and is called "RedbackA6500Software".
In order to access the program, the Micro SD card will need to be connected to a Windows based device such as a PC or
laptop with Windows 7 or above installed. It will need to be equipped with an Micro SD card reader to do this. If an Micro
SD slot is not available then the Altronics D 0371A USB Memory Card Reader or similar would be suitable (not supplied).
You will first need to remove the Micro SD card from the side of the A 6500 wall plate (see section 1.4 in the Operating
Manual for the location). To remove the Micro SD card push the card in and it will eject itself.
Make sure the Windows based device is on and card reader connected and correctly installed. Then insert the Micro SD card
into the reader.
Go to "My Computer" or "This PC" and open the Micro SD card which is usually marked "Removable disk".
In this case it is named "Removable disk (J:)". Select the removable disk and then you should get a window that looks like
the picture in figure 1.1.
Fig 1.1
The A 6500 wall plate is supplied with a default configuration which is useful for initial testing. This is covered in section 3.8
of the Operating Manual.
It is recommended that a copy is made of the contents of the Micro SD Card before any programming is done. This may
come in handy if the SD card becomes corrupted and it also provides a default setup to fall back on.
The contents of the Micro SD card should include the programming software (labelled RedbackA6500Software), a library of
button Icons, and a library of IR receiver codes.
The Icon folders shown hold the image for the buttons on the default startup screen, and the IR folders store the IR codes.
The Images folder is where any imported images are saved in bitmap format to be used as icons.
The config file is where all the button information is saved, including links to icons, output command types (serial, IR or
relay output), baud rates and delays.
The Firmware folder holds the current firmware version supplied with the plate. Firmware updates are available for down-
load from www.altronics.com.au. If an update is performed (see section 5.0) and fails to update, or the update is found to
have errors then the A 6500 can be restored back to its default firmware version with the file in this folder.
(NOTE: The System Volume Information folder is part of the SD Card format. Do not modify this folder).
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