Extron electronics Quantum Ultra Expansion System Setup Manual page 7

Editing an Expansion Project File Offline
If any cards in a unit in an expansion system are changed (replaced or moved to a different location within the chassis), the
project file must also be modified in VCS to match the new hardware configuration.
NOTE: You cannot change the number of chassis in the system once it has been added to the project. The only edits that
can be made are the non-expansion card configuration.
1. Open the project file to be edited by doing one of the following:
• Select Open from the File menu, and then browse to locate
and select the desired project.
•
Open VCS, select the Open tab, and then browse to locate and
select the desired project.
In the System Devices panel, click the Hardware Configuration
2.
button for the primary chassis to display the Hardware
Configuration screen (shown at right). This screen contains the
following for each chassis in the system:
• IP Address and Device Name.
•
Defined arrangement column, listing the cards in the order
they are installed in the chassis (see
• New arrangement column (
available card types for each card slot.
•
Information and drop-down lists for the primary chassis are
listed first, followed by each secondary chassis (
NOTES:
•
The card in the last slot of the primary chassis must be an
Expansion OUT card (
•
The card in slot 1 of each secondary chassis must be an
Expansion IN card (
name is preceded by NEW: (see the image below).
3. For each chassis, select the replacement card from the drop-down list for each slot in which a new card will be installed.
When finished, click Update (
4.
5. Verify that the IP addresses of the primary and secondary devices on the Hardware Configuration screen match those
shown on the Communication Settings screen (see the
Reconfiguring an Expansion System
At some point you may need to dismantle the expansion
system in order to:
•
Use the chassis individually rather than as an
expansion system.
•
Swap out a chassis (for example, if one of the units
breaks due to a hardware failure).
•
Create a new expansion system by removing or adding chassis.
To redo the configuration or repurpose the chassis into different systems:
1. Connect to the expansion system and select Reset Devices from the Tools menu.
In the Reset Devices window (see the image above right), select the second radio button: Reset Device Settings and
2.
Delete All Files (Retains TCP/IP Settings).
1 in the example at right).
2 ), containing a drop-down list of
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). When a new card is selected, its
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) to complete the configuration.
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image on the previous page).
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