Martin P3-100 System Controller Installation And Safety Manual User Manual page 20

Mapping virtual panels to physical panels
From this point on, a P3-100 loaded with the configuration file and connected to video panels via a P3 video
data link is required.
As soon as Martin video panels are connected to the P3-100 and powered on, the P3-100 auto-detects them,
retrieves data from them, and lists each panel with its type, serial number and any existing display address
under Discovered Devices on the lower left of the Setup window.
Panels keep their display addresses in memory when powered off, so depending on how a detected panel
was set up the last time it was installed, its display address may be wrong, or more than one panel may have
the same display address. You therefore need to reset the detected panels' display addresses correctly.
Quick Addressing Tool
1. After connecting a P3-100 to a physical installation, the easiest way to link
panels on the virtual canvas to panels in the physical installation is to click on
the Quick Addressing Tool under the Wizards button on the Toolbar (see
Figure 16).
2. Before you start the Quick Addressing Tool, your screen will look
something like the example in Figure 17. Ten panels have been configured in
the on-screen installation (see under Configured Devices). Ten physical
panels have been connected to the P3-100 and auto-detected (see under
Discovered Devices) but these physical panels are not yet configured, i.e.
they are not yet linked to the panels in the on-screen installation.
3. Before you start the Quick Addressing Tool, some of the physical panels may already have moved to the
"Configured Devices" list if they previously had an address which corresponds to a virtual panel on the
canvas. If this is the case, clicking on the Quick Addressing Tool will first offer you 2 options:
- Yes: Will first "unconfigure" all panels before you
start the Quick Addressing sequence. Choose
this option if you want to start addressing right
from the start and address all the panels in the
installation.
- No: Will use the Quick Addressing Tool to
address only the panels that are in the "Discovered" state but have not yet been configured. Choose
this option if you have already begun addressing panels and you want to use the Quick Addressing
Tool to finish the job for you.
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Figure 17: Physical panels discovered but not yet linked
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Figure 16: Quick
Addressing Tool