Adding A Device; Troubleshooting A Device; Placing A Device Offline Or Online; Resetting A Device - Trane Rover Installation, Operation, And Programming

Adding a Device

Adding a Device
When you start Rover, it automatically discovers communicating devices on the link and fills the
Active Group tree with these devices. If you add a device to the link after startup, you can add the
device to the active group.
To add a device:
1. From the Group menu, choose Discover. Any new devices on the link are added to the Active

Troubleshooting a Device

Use the Troubleshooting menu items to identify communications problems with a device.

Placing a Device Offline or Online

Placing a device online causes it to communicate normally on the physical link. When a device is
offline, it stops responding to communications on the physical link. The device state becomes
offline, and it remains ready for an online command. Rover must be in the active or server-
connected mode to place a device offline or online.
To place the device offline or online:
1. In the Active Group tree, click the device that you want to place offline or online.
2. From the Device menu, choose Troubleshoot to display the Troubleshoot submenu.
3. From the Troubleshoot submenu, choose the device state you want. The device state changes

Resetting a Device

You can reset a device to restart the device processor.
To reset a device:
1. In the Active Group tree, click the device you want to reset.
2. From the Device menu, choose Troubleshoot to display the Troubleshoot submenu.
3. From the Troubleshoot submenu, choose Reset. The device is reset.

Testing a Device

Testing a device causes Rover to display a dialog box of link communications information. This
information provides a mixture of device hardware, firmware, application, and network
communications status data for the device. Look for the following troubleshooting clues:
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and its icon changes to show the state.
ROM software version
Recent error
Cycle Redundancy Check (CRC) error
Timeouts
Rx buffer full
Node state
Lost messages
Missed messages
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