AM-Solution ML2i User manual

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ML2i & ML3 USB Host Adapter Serie

INSTRUCTIONMANUAL

Version1.0

English(EN)

Howtouse

PlacetheadapterintheprogrammingslotoftheML2iorML3controller,but onlywhentheunitisswitchedoﬀ.

ConnectaUSBscktotheadapter.TheadapterwillbeoperatedusingthedisplayandkeyboardoftheML2ior

ML3controller.

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WithoutUSB‐scktheML2iorML3willgivethemessage"NOUSB"inthedisplay.Inthiscase,someaddional

oponsaresllavailable.WhenaUSBsckisconnectedtheML2iorML3controllerstartsupwiththemessage

"PROGSOFT".

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Usethe'up'and'down'keystostepthroughthemenuorchangethesengs.Usethe'enter'keytoconﬁrmchoic‐

es.Usethe'codeselect'keytoreturntothemenu.

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PreparaonsUSBsck

OntheUSBsckadirectory"CARRIER"mustbecreated.Inthisdirectory,thesowareandconﬁguraonﬁles

(*.M2Xand*.ML3)canbeplaced.Theretrieveddataﬁles(*.DCX)willbeplacedbytheadapterintothesub‐

directory"DOWNLOAD".Theadapteritselfcreatesthisdirectory

ifthisdirectorycannotbefound.

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Menuopons

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Loading soŌware ("PROG SOFT")

ThisistheﬁrstoponaertheML2iorML3controllerstartsup.

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Aerpressingthe'enter'key,alistofavailablesowareﬁleswillbedisplayed.Ifnovalidsowareﬁlesarepre‐

sent,themessage"NOFILES"appears.

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Selecttheuploadﬁleusingthe'up'and'down'keys.Press'enter'toconﬁrmyourchoice,theuploadwillstart.

Thedisplayshows"PROG"/"SOFT"intheﬁrstsegmentandtheprogresspercentageinthesecondsegment.

Whenuploadingisﬁnishedthedisplayshows"PROGDONE",or

incaseofafailure"PROGERR".

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Seƫng conﬁguraƟon ("SET CONF")

Withthisopontheconﬁguraoncanbeset.Theconﬁ guraonistakenfromtheconﬁguraonﬁlescalled

CFxxxxxx.M2X(wherexxxxxxisthedate).Atleastoneoftheseconﬁguraonﬁlesmustbeinthedirectory

"CARRIER"ontheUSBsck.

Ifnot,themessage"NOFILES"appearsonthedisplay.

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Aerpressingthe'enter'key,achoicecanbemadeoutofconﬁguraonﬁlesontheUSBsck.Themostrecent

ﬁleisshownﬁrst.Aerchoosingaﬁle,aseleconfromthelistofconﬁguraonscanbemade.Aer

loadingthe

conﬁguraonﬁlethedisplayshowsthemessage"EEPRMDONE".

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Themostimportantfunconsoftheadapterare:

 LoadingsowareintotheML2icontroller

 RetrievingdatafromtheML2icontroller

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Besidethesefuncons,theadapterhasthefollowingaddionalopons:

 Sengconﬁguraon

 SengcontainerID

 Sengdateandme

 TesngoutputsoftheML2icontroller

 Tesngthedisplay

Downloading data ("RETR DATA")

WiththisoponthestoreddatafromtheML2iorML3controllercanbewrientotheUSBsck.Thefollowing

oponsareavailable:

LoadAll

Load90Days

Load60Days

Load30Days

LoadTrip

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Aerselecnganoponthedownloadingstarts.Thedisplayshows"RETR"/"DATA"intheﬁrstsegmentandthe

progresspercentageinthesecondsegment.Whenthedataretrievaliscomplete,thedisplayshows"RETR

DONE";orincaseofafailure"RETRERR".Ifthereis

novaliddatapresentintheML2iorML3controllerthedis‐

playshows"NODATA".

Seƫng container ID ("SET ID")

WiththisoponthecontainerIDcanbeset.TheIDwillbedisplayedfromrighttole.Themostrightcharacter

inthedisplaycanbechangedwiththe'up'and'down'keys.Becausethischaracteronthedisplayhasafew

extrasegments,allleerswill

beproperlydisplayedhere.Someleerswillbelegibleworsewhenscrollingfur‐

ther.Usethe'enter'keytoconﬁrmacharacter;use'codeselect'togoback.Thelastdigit(checksum)isauto‐

macallycalculated.Oncompleonthedisplayshows"IDDONE".

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Seƫng date and Ɵme ("SET TIME")

Withthisoponthedateandmecanbeset.Successivelyyear,month,day,hoursandminutescanbeset.On

compleonthedisplayshows"TIMEDONE".

TesƟng outputs ("SET OUTPT")

Withthisoponthe14relayoutputsoftheML2iorML3controllercanbemanuallyenergized.Therelaywillbe

energizedaslongasthe'enter'keyispressed.

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TesƟng display

Withthisoponthedisplaycanbetested.Whenthe'return/supply'keyispressedallsegmentsofthedisplay

andallLED’swillgooﬀ,whenthe'°C/°F'keyispressedallsegmentsandLED’swillgoon.Thisworksaslongas

thekeyispressed.

Aerreleasingthekeys,thenormaldisplaydatawillbedisplayedagain.

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OPTIONAL Serialnumber corrupƟon ﬁx, ERR1 ("PROG SN") 

ThisfeatureisonlyavailablefortheML3controllerandonlywhentheoﬃcialCarrierTransicoldﬁle

(ML3_serial_number_xxxx.bin)isplacedinthe“CARRIER”directory.Aerpressingthe'enter'key,youareable

toﬁxtheserialnumber,butonlywhencorrupted.Pleasefollowthemanufacturesguidelines/instrucons.

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OPTIONAL UpdaƟng USB adapter ﬁrmware ("PROG UHA") 

Whenasowareerrorisdiscoveredoranewfeatureisadded,weneedtoupdatethesowareoftheadapter.

Thiswillbeannouncedonthewebsite(www.usbhostadapter.com).Viathiswebsite,youdownloadthelatest

ﬁle(xxx.bin)anddropthisontheUSBsckinthe

“CARRIER”directory.TheUHAwillautomacallyrecognizethis

ﬁleandacvatethe“PROGUHA”menufuncon.Aerpressingthe'enter'key,thesowarewillbeloadedinto

theUHA.Aerthecompleonoftheupdateoftheﬁrmware,theUSBadapterwillreset

itself.Adisplaymessage

"PROGSOFT"indicatestheadapterisreadyforuseagain.

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Readadapterﬁrmware

Bypressingthe'alt.mode'key,theinternalﬁrmwareversionoftheUSBadapterwillbedisplayed.

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Problems

Adisplaymessage"USBERR"indicatesadaptercannotreadtheUSBsck.PossiblytheUSBsckisfaultyorofa

wrongtype.TheadapterdoesnotsupportFAT12ﬁlesystem(onlyusedatUSBsckswithasizeof32MBorless).

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Adisplaymessage"CHIPERR"indicatesthattheadapteritselfdoesnotfunconproperly.Possiblythiscanbeput

rightbyswitchingthepoweroﬀandonagain;otherwisetheadaptermaybedefecve.

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