Johnson Controls Frick QUANTUM Series Maintenance Manual page 12

090.560-M (APRIL 13)
Page 12
INTRODUCTION
Frick® Controls has released the latest version of the
Quantum ™ LX microprocessor board. This brand will be
referred to as the Q5. A photo of this board appears here:
FEATURES
The Q5 board includes the following features:
• 6 total USB ports (2 are dedicated, 4 are avail-
able)
• 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet Connection
• 2 RS-422 ports
• 2 RS-485 ports
• External Video monitor connection
• LED indicators to verify proper operation of vari-
ous on board areas (power, communications,
Ethernet connectivity, etc.)
• 2 GB RAM memory
• Battery to maintain date and time
WHAT SHOULD OCCUR WHEN APPLYING POWER
When powering up, the following sequence of events are
indicative of a properly working main processor board:
• The six LED's in the lower left corner should turn
on solid.
• The on-board "buzzer" should "beep" once.
• The display should show several DOS (text) style
screens. A penguin image will appear in the up-
QUANTUM™ LX CONDENSER/VESSEL CONTROL PANEL
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Q5 CONTROLLER BOARD
per left corner of the screen as the boot se-
quence progresses.
• Just before fully booting, a Loading bar will ap-
pear at the bottom of the screen, showing the
percent of load that has completed.
• The Operating Status screen will appear.
After the Q5 has properly powered up, the following se-
quence of events is indicative of proper communication to
the analog and digital boards:
• The Analog and Digital I/O boards TX/RX lights
should be blinking.
• Each I/O board should have the power LED light-
ed and the Active LED should be blinking.
• The fi rst thing that should be checked when
troubleshooting the Q5 board is its powering up
sequence.
WHAT IF THE OPERATING STATUS SCREEN IS NOT
SHOWN
If the Operating Status screen is not shown, check the
following items:
1. If no LED's are lit, then check AC and DC power.
Refer to the Power Supply section.
2. Check if the lighting of the LED's is occurring as
described in the What Should Occur When Ap-
plying Powering section.
• If the powering up sequence continues
to repeat without displaying the Op-
erating Status screen, then there is a
booting problem.
3. Check all plugged connectors for proper seating.
4. Check if an error message is displayed when
booting.
• Be sure to write down any error mes-
sages exactly as they appear, as well as
the top line on the screen where the
message appears.
5. Check that the software is OK:
• Is the correct software installed?
• Did you just install new software?
6. Check the display. If the Q5 board is booting but
you have no display, check the following:
• Check the backlight tube. Look very
closely at the display to see if anything