Operation - tams elektronik BiDiBooster Manual

English BiDiBooster

8. Operation

Shunting the boundry between two booster sections
You should take care not to allow locomotives or trains to halt directly
on the boundary between two sections. This would lead to a connection
between the outputs and possible damaging of the two connected
boosters. The short circuit indication does not work under these
circumstances.
Operation with BiDiB
In order to push the identify button you have to open the booster´s
housing. Proceed as described in section 7.3.
When the BiDiBooster is installed at one end of the BiDi bus line (i.e.
with only one branching RJ 45 cable), you have to mount the
terminating jumpers JP5 and JP6 according to fig. 4. Otherwise
interferences in data transfer due to distortion of the electrical signals
possibly occur.
When subsequently connecting additional devices to a BiDi-bus line you
have to dismount the terminating jumpers with the device so far being
installed at the end of the bus line. Otherwise data transfer possibly
collapses.
Update via BiDiB
In order to adapt the booster to new developments, you can perform a
software update via BiDiB. For that purpose start the suitable PC
software. As an alternative (e.g. when the software does not provide an
update function) you can perform the update with special tools (e.g.
BiDiB-Monitor or BiDiB-Wizard). Start the suitable part of the program
and follow the instructions.
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