AM-Solution ML2i User manual

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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configura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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