11 Suspend of remote equipment
To establish communication with some remote devices it might be necessary to first
suspend serial data transmission from other part of that particular devicet, e.g. the slave
T2R PCB (BTUS1, T2B) used for redundancy in a SAL T3+ Speed Log system can
only be accessed when the primary T2R PCB (BTU 1, T2A) in the same speed log is
suspended.
Suspend of a remote unit can be done in Menu R0 REMOTE DEV provided that the
SUSPEND function is activated in Menu LS7 R0 REMOTE ACCESS.
To suspend a unit go to Menu R0 as described in Chapter 6. Set-up of Display and
follow as listed below:
Then press Menu to choose BTU 1 (T2A) in the list of connected devices:
To suspend BTU 1 (T2A) device first press
Then press Menu to choose BTUS1 (T2B) in the list of connected devices:
Confirm device to connect to by pressing Enter. Now you should be connected to the
slave T2R PCB (BTUS1, T2B) to proceed intended actions.
As soon as you return to Menu R0 REMOTE DEV or leaving the Menu system the
suspended unit will be re-activated and all functions back to normal.
R0 REMOTE DEV
CONNECT
Press Enter
SYNCHRONISING
. . . 3
Wait 3 seconds.
R2 DEVICE 2 OF 3
BTU 1
(T2A)
R2 DEVICE 2 OF 3
SUSPEND (T2A)
Press Enter
SUSPENDING T2A
. . . 12
Wait 12 seconds, then a new synchronising will start:
SYNCHRONISING
. . . 3
Wait 3 seconds
R2 DEVICE 2 OF 3
BTUS1
(T2B)
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or
to display the text SUSPEND: