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INTRODUCTION
Frick® Controls has released the latest version of the
Quantum ™ Control System. The micro-processor is
the brains of the system and is referred to as the Q5.
A photo of this board appears here:
FEATURES
The Q5 board includes the following features:
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6 total USB ports (4 are dedicated, 2 are avail-
able)
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10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet Connection
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2 RS-422 ports
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2 RS-485 ports
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External Video monitor connection
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LED indicators to verify proper operation of vari-
ous on board areas (power, communications,
Ethernet connectivity, etc.)
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2 GB RAM memory
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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:
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The six LED's in the lower left corner should
turn on solid.
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The on-board "buzzer" should "beep" once.
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The display should show several DOS (text)
style screens. A penguin image will appear
in the upper left corner of the screen as the
boot sequence progresses.
QUANTUM™ HD COMPRESSOR CONTROL PANEL
MAINTENANCE
Q5 CONTROLLER BOARD
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A Loading bar will appear at the bottom of
the screen, showing the percent of load that
has completed, this is followed by additional
DOS style text.
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A Windows style screen with the letters HD
will appear.
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The Operating Status (Home) screen will
appear.
After the Q5 has properly powered up, the following
sequence of events is indicative of proper communi-
cation to the analog and digital boards:
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The Analog and Digital I/O boards TX/RX
lights should be blinking.
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Each I/O board should have the power LED
lighted and the Active LED should be blink-
ing.
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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 occur-
ring as described in the What Should Occur
When Applying Powering section.
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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.
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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:
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Is the correct software installed?
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Did you just install new software?
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