Adding A Unit To Rosa - Barco STELLAR User And Service Manual

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Adding a unit to ROSA

Background
To assign a new unit
To assign an existing
unit
Remote address
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Adding a unit to ROSA

When C detects a newly attached RCDS-compatible unit, it marks this
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unit as being new. It can be a new unit, a replacement for a defective one or a unit
that was removed but is now connected again. In the last two cases, the user prefera-
bly wants to assign it to the previous state, which is now marked as inactive. The con-
figuration of the unit can be recalled by C
Example: When you connect the unit to another serial port at the C
server, C
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New units appear with a red question mark opposite the COM Port icon:
You have to assign new units.
Do as follows to assign a new unit:
1. Right-click on the COM Port and select Properties.
2. Click the New Devices tab.
3. Select the ROSA unit you want to assign, and click New Unit.
4. Type the name of the unit and click OK.
5. Click Perform Mapping.
6. Click OK.
The C server always tries to map a new device to a device that has disap-
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peared from the system. When this is possible, the system suggests a mapping that
the user must confirm. Defective units can be replaced with a limited amount of
reconfiguration as most of the settings can be transferred to the replacement unit:
1. Click on the New devices tab.
2. Right-click on the new unit you want to assign to the previous state.
3. Select the inactive ROSA unit you want to assign from the bottom list.
4. Click the Assign button.
5. Click Perform Mapping.
6. Click OK.
Units with a remote address equal to 0 are not managed by a C
remote addresses of devices of the same RCDS type should be different. When you
try to change the status of an RCDS-compatible device with remote address 0, the
system recommends you to assign it another remote address.
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can automatically map it to the unit's previous state.
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server. All
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