Rear Panel Serial Port Setup - Omnia 6EX Installation And Operation Manual

Chapter-7: Troubleshooting your Omnia 6
Operational problems with the Omnia-6 can sometimes be diagnosed using the rear-panel RS-232 port and a
common terminal communications program. Detailed information about the Omnia's boot-up progress may be
observed at its rear-panel RS-232 port, as well as viewing of any error messages that may be encountered. This
chapter explains the various boot up and error messages that may be encountered while troubleshooting the unit.
We'll cover some basic troubleshooting techniques for isolating possible Omnia-6EX problems in the field, and also
how to obtain help or repair service from Omnia.
To take complete advantage of this functionality, you only need a standard terminal program for DOS, Windows, or
other operating system. It must be configured for a default baud rate of 19200, no hardware handshaking, and using
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a terminal emulation for VT100. At Omnia, we commonly use the Hyperterminal program that ships with
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Microsoft Windows , but you can use whatever program you are familiar with. Please see the examples below for
how we've set up our connection:
Port Setup Parameters Terminal Emulation Parameters
Once these parameters have been entered and saved as a connection profile, they can be used to capture and display
(and print) the output of the Omnia 6's RS-232 serial port during boot up. See the next page for an example of a
normal Omnia 6 boot up...
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