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for each console is supplied from the factory to the
customer. Licensing records are maintained at the factory.
In addition to the required TCP/IP-related network
configurations previously mentioned in this manual (page
43) and described in detail in the Administrator’s Manual,
feature licensing also requires third-party software. This
software—iFOR/LS from Gradient Technologies—is always
installed on the computer’s hard disk drive at the factory
even if no feature licensed option is ordered with the console
equipment package. This allows feature licensed options to
be later added to the console by simply updating the
encrypted license file.
The set-up and administration of feature licenses is
beyond the scope of this manual. Refer to EDACS Product
Licenses for Windows NT manual AE/LZT 123 1906 and/or
the console’s Software Release Notes for additional for
details. Also see the console’s Administrator’s Manual.
CEC/IMC Auxiliary Input/Output (I/O)
A C3 Maestro console may be utilized to monitor and
control CEC/IMC 2-state auxiliary I/O (input/output) events.
CEC/IMC firmware version 4.x and earlier provides 30 total
auxiliary I/O events and version 5.x and later provides 255
total auxiliary I/O events.
On a per event basis, CEC/IMC auxiliary I/O event
configurations accomplished at the CEC/IMC Manager
include:
•
defining the event as one of either a standard input,
an acknowledge input, a momentary output or a
toggle output (event type);
•
defining the event’s CEC/IMC Controller Board
utilized (device type and device assignment
number) and the I/O bit number used on this
Controller Board;
•
including or not including each console in the
event’s “console mask”;
•
defining the event’s active state as either high or
low; and,
•
other event definitions which are not required
for/applicable to the C3 Maestro console for
Windows NT but are required for other consoles
connected to the CEC/IMC.
Refer to the appropriate CEC/IMC Manager manual
(numbers listed in Table 29) and/or the CEC/IMC
Manager’s on-line help for specific CEC/IMC auxiliary I/O
configuration information. Also see LBI-38938.
If a C3 Maestro console is granted monitoring/control
capability of CEC/IMC auxiliary I/O events via “console
mask” definitions, it can monitor input event transitions and
it can control output event transitions. For an auxiliary input
event, a state change indication displays at the console in the
respective auxiliary input module and in the console’s
message panel. An auxiliary output event is controlled via
one of <Alt><F1> thru <Alt><F8> keystrokes from the
console’s dispatch keyboard or by mouse/track-ball actions
upon the respective auxiliary output module. Like an
auxiliary input event state change, an output event’s state
change indication displays in the respective auxiliary output
module and in the console’s message panel. These
indications provide feedback to the console operator when
auxiliary output event state changes occur, even if they are
initiated by a different console(s) within the CEC/IMC
system.
In addition to the required CEC/IMC auxiliary I/O
configurations accomplished via the CEC/IMC Manager, a
C3 Maestro console for Windows NT also requires
configurations at the console. At the console, auxiliary I/O-
related configurations are accomplished by “adding”
auxiliary I/O modules to the console’s (active) screen
initialization file using the UDS Configurator off-line
program. Within the UDS Configurator, required
configurations include:
•
selecting which module page the auxiliary I/O
module will be located on;
•
positioning the module on the selected module
page;
•
assigning an auxiliary I/O event (number) to the
module;
•
specifying the module’s/event’s type (must match
CEC/IMC type event designation);
•
defining the module’s button label text string;
•
defining the module’s active label text string which
is displayed when the assigned auxiliary I/O event
is in the active state; and,
•
defining the module’s inactive label text string
which is displayed when the assigned auxiliary I/O
event is in the inactive state.
In addition, many auxiliary I/O module-related color
configurations are possible via the UDS Configurator. These
configuration changes are performed on a per element basis.
For example, a change to the foreground color for
momentary output events affects the foreground color of all
auxiliary output modules programmed for momentary
operation.
See the UDS Configurator’s User’s Manual for
additional information on auxiliary I/O module
configuration.
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