EST2 to IO
EST2 to IO
Looking to see if anyone has a way top attribute the EST2 short addresses to the IO panels addresses when the loop is new started after panel change. Currently if the 2-sdu is left onsite i am able to extract serial numbers and descriptions but it is very time consuming. The added inability of the IO-CU to reconcile modules is making the panel upgrades fairly tedious. just looking to see if anyone had worked out a better system especially as a lot of 2's do not have SDU's onsite.
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alpha bravo
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Re: EST2 to IO
If you have one handy, you could use SIGA-MFT to export device addresses and serial numbers to a text file.
You may also use like an old/used EST-3 temporarily to upload maps and accept all, assign temporary labels to all devices preferably use the address as your label then configure a gateway port, compile and convert then export gateway files, the .OXP file is a text file that will contains the serial numbers along with the labels you assign (the device address).
As far as descriptions, your only hope - besides having the SDU - is to connect a Hyper Terminal (or PuTTy) and disconnect loop wire and see if you can capture trouble printouts, try baud 9600/4800/2400 with Even Parity, 7 Data bits and 2 Stop bits, otherwise it is the tedious looking at the display and hand write descriptions.
Good Luck.
You may also use like an old/used EST-3 temporarily to upload maps and accept all, assign temporary labels to all devices preferably use the address as your label then configure a gateway port, compile and convert then export gateway files, the .OXP file is a text file that will contains the serial numbers along with the labels you assign (the device address).
As far as descriptions, your only hope - besides having the SDU - is to connect a Hyper Terminal (or PuTTy) and disconnect loop wire and see if you can capture trouble printouts, try baud 9600/4800/2400 with Even Parity, 7 Data bits and 2 Stop bits, otherwise it is the tedious looking at the display and hand write descriptions.
Good Luck.
Re: EST2 to IO
latest mft software does not give you accurate addresses, it could also be the latest firmware update broke it.