elite pi transfer manual
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1. Version 1 5 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 25 2 6 3 0 Elite PI Transfer Program User Manual INTRODUCTION Getting Started Installation CREATING AND EDITING A TASK Defining your Networks Define your Displays Add a New Task Editing a Task Deleting a Task Setting the Time Date MONITORING THE TRANSFER Version 1 5 Rev I 07 29 98 12 28 PM 1 0 INTRODUCTION The Elite PI Transfer program is used to manage layouts created with Elite PI Designer With this tool you can take the displays you have designed and put them to work with your networks and elevator banks You may use one or multiple layouts in your elevators and schedule the transfer process to happen at a time which is convenient for you 1 1 Getting Started Minimum System Requirements e Microsoft WindowsO 95 or Microsoft Windows NTO Workstation e Pentium 100 processor e 16 MB memory for Windows e 20 MB available hard drive space e 800 x 600 point resolution and 16 bit color 800 x 600 or higher desktop area video resolution and High Color 16 bit or better video mode 2 Installation Place the Elite PI CD in the CD ROM drive The program will automatically start up install after you have inserted the CD If the setup program does not automatically start go to the Start bar and select Run Type in the drive letter of the installation disk and the file name setup exe For example if the CD is in the d drive type d setup ex2. we would set up two networks Garage and Main Building Serial Device Select the serial device which is attached to that network All installed com ports and modems will be listed as available Baud Rate Select the appropriate baud rate for the network The current available options are 9600 baud and 19200 baud Please note that the baud rate must match the settings of the Bank cards Hub Modem and Displays on this network Their baud rate is controlled by dip switch settings on each unit Connection Type Select the appropriate connection type Direct is a connection from the PC serial port through a RS232 to RS485 converter to one or more displays Hub is a connection from the PC serial port to a network board configured as a hub board Connections from the hub board go to Bank boards or to displays Modem is a connection from the PC Serial port to a modem The modem is used to dial another modem connecting to Banks and Displays Phone or Link Number Select the appropriate link number For hub connections this number must be from 1 to 8 as it is used to tell the hub board which connection is to be used For a direct connection this number is not used and is ignored For modem connections this will be the phone number the modem must dial into You may use dashes in defining the phone number Version 1 5 Rev 3 07 29 98 12 28 PM If you wish to delete a network place your cursor on the row and press the Delete Record but
3. the right and browse to select the file and path Send Date and Run Date will be automatically filled in to be the date you are creating the task as well as Send Time and Run Time Send Date defines when the new layout will be sent to your displays The layout will be sent to each display in order and may take some time to complete for each display After the information has been sent it will not be operational until it is has been run Run Date will define the time after the information has been sent when the displays will be using the new layouts Edit Task Task Name Normal Display Collection Name C oldc Show itemstunitl1Unitl zip x Cancel Send Date 6 08 1998 Run Date 6 108 1998 y Hold Now Send Time 3 50 PM Run Time 3 50PM Run Now 7 Help Displays Destinations East Display 3 West Display 3 Add Item Remove Item Add All Remove All East Display 1 East Display 2 West Display 1 West Display 2 Figure 4 The bottom of the screen lists the available displays on the left Select the displays to be defined by this task and using the buttons to the right of the box add items to the Destination box You may either select one display at a time or add all displays If you add a display to the destination accidentally you may remove the item using the Remove Item button Version 1 5 Rev 5 07 29 98 12 28 PM At the right side of the screen are several b
4. another cable from the hub to Bank 2 with each cable being limited to 4000 ft In addition a separate network is used for each phone number that is dialed by the modem Display The term display is used to refer to each separate elevator display You must define each display separately in order to transfer data to it 2 1 Define your Networks Before you begin to define your tasks you must first identify where your networks are and define them to the Elite PI Transfer program To do this from the main window select Edit Version 1 5 Rev 2 07 29 98 12 28 PM Networks or select the fourth button on the toolbar amp with the picture of multiple computers This will bring up the Edit Networks screen figure 2 Edit Networks x Network Name Serial Device Baud Rate_ Connection Type Phone or Link Number East Tower Direct to COM1 9600 Modem ID west Tower Direct to COM2 9600 Direct Delete Record Help Figure 2 There are five pieces of information you must enter for each network If you have finished defining a network and wish to define a new network simply press the Tab key to create a new line on the network table Network Name Type in the name you will use for the network Your name must be twenty characters or less and can contain both letters and numbers This should be a name which will be easy for you to identify For a building with a feed to both garage elevators and to a main building
5. d Garage Display 3 Network Name Select the appropriate network from the networks previously entered Bank Number Enter the appropriate bank number to which the display is connected Please note that Bank O has a special meaning and is used when there is no bank card The bank number need to match the address switches on the Bank board The bank cards are address so multiple bank cards can be chained together Channel Number Enter the appropriate channel number to identify the display This will identify which elevator within the bank you are referring to Version 1 5 Rev 4 07 29 98 12 28 PM Address Enter the appropriate address to identify the display This will define which display you are identifying within the channel If you wish to delete a display place your cursor on the row and press the Delete Record button You will be asked to confirm the delete If you still wish to delete the item select yes When you have finished entering information click the OK button or close the window using the X in the upper right hand corner of the window 2 3 Add a New Task Now that your networks and displays are defined you can add a new task To do this select File New Task or click the left most button on the toolbar ol The Edit Task screen will appear figure 4 Name your task at the top of the screen in the Task Name field The next field to fill in is the Collection Name field To do this hit the button to
6. e and select OK This will begin the installation process 4 The Installation Wizard will guide you through the installation process The installation process will create an Elite PI application folder under your Programs of your Start Bar To start the application simply access the folder and select Elite PI Transfer Oe 2 0 CREATING AND EDITING A TASK The Elite PI Transfer Program allows you to take the Elite PI Layout previously designed and e Define the networks which communicate information about your elevators to the displays e Define each display which will be in place e Set up tasks to match layouts you have designed with your elevator displays When you first open Elite PI Transfer Program you will be at the main screen see figure 1 This screen may be blank with no tasks defined or there may be a sample layout set up for your system We will take you through the elements of setting up your transfer defining your networks defining your displays defining tasks and attaching your layout Before we begin we will define the terms being used in the manual Version 1 5 Rev 1 07 29 98 12 28 PM g gt Elite Pl Transfer Program oix Fie Edit Help os a mjo i Task Names UV gt Normal Display a A Displays gt East Display 1 Two Door Displays East Display 2 Waiting West Display 1 Waiting a west Display 2 Waiting Collection Name CioldciShow items unitl Unitl zip Proce
7. m of the page Hit the transfer button and the date and time you set will be transferred to the display Edit Time Date x Time Date Units East Tower Bank 1 East Tower Bank 2 East Tower Bank 3 A west Tower Rank 1 z Selected Time Date Unit East Tower Bank 1 Time To Transfer Date To Transfer 3 41 43 PM 7724 98 y How 2 He Figure 5 3 0 MONITORING THE TRANSFER Version 1 5 Rev 6 07 29 98 12 28 PM Once you have established your networks displays and tasks you can monitor the status of your transfer using the main screen Select a task by clicking on one of the tasks in the left hand box The bottom of the screen will provide information about that task such as the layout being used the send and run date for the task and the process status and display status The process status will be either Waiting Holding Sending Completed or an Error message Waiting is the status when a future send date has been established and is not yet reached Holding will be the status when the task has been placed on hold and no send date is defined Sending will be the status when information is being sent and Completed will be the message when information has been sent to all displays within the task The status for each display can be viewed in the displays box If for some reason the information cannot be sent you will receive an error message and information will appear in the displa
8. ss Status Aborted Send Date Time 6 8 1998 03 50 PM Run Date Time 6 8 1998 03 50 PM Display Status Waiting Figure 1 Task A task is a logical grouping of all the displays which will be receiving the same data In addition a display may be used in more than one task While you can define more than one task per layout you may only list one layout per task For example if you have designed two Elite PI Layouts perhaps one layout for garage elevators and an additional layout for main building elevators you will need to define two tasks Network For our purposes a network is defined as the feed coming from the main computer A hub is an external board you may purchase which is used to branch one serial port from the PC to 8 cables This board is called a network board because it can be used as a bank board or a network board depending on switch settings on the board You can also think of the network board as a computer control switch 1 to 8 with a built in converter Different networks are necessary due to cable limits The RS232 coming out of the computer has a limit of 50 ft This can be converted to an RS485 which has a limit of 4000 feet of cable The cabling needs to be run from point to point so if the bank boards are in two different buildings then the cable would be run from Computer to Bank 1 then from Bank 1 to Bank 2 and still be under 4000 ft The hub board allows one cable to be run from the hub to bank 1 and
9. ton You will be asked to confirm the delete If you still wish to delete the item select yes When you have finished entering information click the OK button or close the window using the X in the upper right hand corner of the window 2 2 Define your Displays Now that your networks are defined you will next define your displays To do this from the main window select either Edit Displays or select the fifth button on the toolbar with the picture of a single monitor This will bring up the Edit Displays screen figure 3 You will want to create a display for every elevator with an Elite PI display If you have finished defining a display and wish to define a new one simply press the Tab key to create a new line on the table Edit Displays x E Display Name Bank Number Channel Number a D ast Dis East Tower A East Display 2 East Tower 2 2 1 East Display 3 East Tower 3 3 1 E West Display 1 West Tower 1 1 1 West Display 2 West Tower 2 2 1 West Display 3 West Tower 3 3 1 a Delete Display 7 Help Figure 3 There are five items to be defined for each display Display Name Type in the name you wish to use for the display Your name must be twenty characters or less and can contain both letters and numbers Again this should be a name which will be easy for you to identify For a bank of three elevators to the garage the names could be Garage Display 1 Garage Display 2 an
10. uttons The OK button will save your changes and exit The Cancel button will not save your changes and exit The Hold Now button allows you to exit without defining a Send Date and a Run Date when you are not yet sure of when you want to transfer the layout The Run Now button will set a small delay and the run the transfer immediately 24 Editing a Task If you wish to edit a task you have previously defined select File Edit Task or select the second button on the toolbar El You may also use the right mouse button and double click on the task name Any of these actions will bring up the Edit Task screen Make changes to the task and select OK 2 5 Deleting a Task If you wish to delete a task you have previously defined select File Delete Task or select the third button on the toolbar with the picture of a trash can el You will be asked to confirm the deletion 2 6 Setting the Time Date Another task accomplished with the Elite PI Transfer program is to set the time and date to be displayed in the elevator To do this select Edit Time Date or select the sixth button on the toolbar with the picture of a clock ol This will bring up the Edit Time Date screen figure x x The defined banks will display on this screen as the time is set separately for each bank To set the time and date select a bank and choose the date and time using the time scroll box and the date drop down box on the botto
11. ys box to further identify the error The display status will be either Waiting Holding Sending Completed or an Error message These statuses are used in the same way as the statuses for the process status Version 1 5 Rev 7 07 29 98 12 28 PM
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