Barco BMS Owner's manual

Brand: Barco

Model: BMS

Type: Owner's manual

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Author: Delcour Grim , Customer Service Engineer Release date: May 2010

Howto

xchange NGXJ

121 (NGP

101) decoder card

Date: May 2010

Author: Grim DELCOUR, Customer Service Engineer

Object: Exchange NGXJ-121 (NGP-101) decoder card

1. Prepare the software for the card removal

• Open the BMS client and look for the NGP001 containing the decoder card you want to replace.

• Open up the tree view and delete the contained device by right clicking it and selecting delete.

• Confirm the deletion and right click, reload the device list.

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Author: Delcour Grim , Customer Service Engineer Release date: May 2010

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Howto

Exchange NGXJ-121 (NGP-101) decoder card

2. Remove the NGXJ-121 (NGP-101) decoder card from the controller

• Open the housing of the controller.

• Open the top cover and to provide access to the cards.

• Locate the NGXJ-121 (NGP-101) in the NGP-controller.

• Remove the securing screw at the front of the board.

• Look carefully on the PCIe slot. Some models might have a hook on the PCIe slot.

If so, open the hook.

• Remove the NGXJ-121 (NGP-101) from the main board.

• Disconnect the power cable from the NGXJ-121 (NGP-101)

3. Insert an new NGXJ-121 (NGP-101) decoder card into the controller

• Use a grounded workplace. Unpack the new NGXJ-121 (NGP-101).

• Connect the power cable with the new NGXJ-121 (NGP-101),

• Use the slot from which you removed the old NGXJ-121 (NGP-101)-decoder card. Otherwise

you might loose functionality or performance.

• Before you insert the NGXJ-121 (NGP-101) decoder-card.

a. Some controller models might have an ISA retainer that keeps the card in place.

If so, mind to fit the card into this retainer.

b. Some models might have a hook on the PCIe slot. If there is a hook on the PCIe slot, take

care that it is open be-fore you insert the card.

Close the hook after you inserted the card into the slot.

• Secure the card with the screw you removed before.

• Take care that the cabling does not block a cooling fan from spinning.

• Close the controller housing

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Author: Delcour Grim , Customer Service Engineer Release date: May 2010

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Howto

Exchange NGXJ-121 (NGP-101) decoder card

4. Configure the new decoder board for operation

• Directly connect your laptop to the card and surf to its default IP address (192.168.0.2/16)

• Check the general settings page

• Check if the card is running the last firmware and if not upgrade to the version last released.

• After the upgrade is done confirm that this firmware is the active one.

• Configure this cards IP address in the network settings as the previous was configured.

o NOTE: check configuration of second gateway

• Connect the card back into the network as the old one was connected.

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Author: Delcour Grim , Customer Service Engineer Release date: May 2010

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Howto

Exchange NGXJ-121 (NGP-101) decoder card

5. Rediscover the new card in the client

• Open up the BMS client again and go to the device overview.

• Press the run detection button on top of the list

• The card is available in the list but not contained in the correct NGP001 yet.

• Reload the device list to have the NGP101 contained again in the correct NGP001 unit.

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