Codex Onboard M User manual

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TECHNICAL BULLETIN
ONBOARD RECORDER SOFTWARE
INSTALLATION GUIDE
REVISION 14.11.2013

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Safety Warnings
Please observe any warnings and follow all instructions.
l Do not use this equipment near water and clean only with a dry cloth.
l Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions.
l Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other equipment (including ampliers)
that produce heat.
l Do not expose to excessive vibration, or drop this product.
l Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarised or grounding-type plug. A polarised plug has two blades with one wider
than the other. A grounding-type plug has two blades and a third grounding prong. The wide blade, or the third prong, is
provided for your safety.
l If the provided plug does not t into your outlet, consult an electrician for replacement of the obsolete outlet.
l Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched, particularly at plug ends, convenience receptacles, and the
point where they exit from the equipment.
l Only use attachments/accessories specied by the manufacturer.
l Use only with the cart, stand, tripod, bracket, or table specied by the manufacturer, or sold with the equipment.
l Unplug this equipment during lightning storms or when not in operation for long periods of time.
l Refer all servicing to qualied service personnel. Servicing is required when the equipment has been damaged in any
way, such as power-supply cord or plug is damaged, liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the equipment,
has been exposed to rain or moisture, does not operate normally, or has been dropped.
l To reduce the risk of re or electric shock, do not expose equipment to rain or moisture.
l To avoid electrical shock, do not attempt to open this equipment. Refer servicing to qualied personnel only.
Disclaimer
Codex products are continually developed to remain at the forefront of the industry, and as such the information in this guide
is subject to change without notice. Whilst Codex endeavour to ensure that all documentation provided is correct at the time of
writing, this document is not guaranteed to be error-free.
Codex does not assume responsibility for issues or losses due to misinterpretation of the information in this document, errors in
this document, or incorrect conguration or installation of the equipment described herein.
Please report any errors found in this document to [email protected]
Support and Servicing
For assistance with your Codex product please contact [email protected]

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1. Downloading the software from the Codex website
Codex software is available from www.codexdigital.com/software
To access this page of the website you must rst register for an account.
It is recommended to download the latest Onboard Recorder Software.
If you use Safari, Ctrl+click on the link and select Download Linked File from the menu. Do not just click on the link as Safari will unpack the .tgz
into a folder.
If you use Internet Explorer to download the software package, which will have a lename ending in .tgz, be aware that the le may be saved as
a .tar le. If this happens simply rename the le to restore the .tgz extension. If you cannot see any le extensions, enable this setting from My
Computer/Tools/Folder Options/View and uncheck ‘Hide extensions for known le types’.
2. Installation
1. If updating a Codex Onboard M Recorder with separate Control Panel UI, make sure the Control Panel UI is docked on one of the sides, or
attached via cable connection. Please contact Codex Support for information on updating any spare controllers.
2. Insert the end of a paperclip or similar into the ‘safe mode’ hole next to the power switch, and push until you feel the button inside depress.
Press the power switch to turn on whilst holding the safe mode button in. Remove the paperclip once the Codex LED ring turns on.
3. After about 30 seconds the screen will say *** SAFE MODE <date> ***. If there is no date shown, or a later version is available on the
Codex website, then you must rst update the safe mode control program. To do this, download the onboard-safe-<date>.tgz le from the
website and then follow the instructions below. Once this has been done, follow these instructions again from the top, but this time install the
normal onboard-<version>.tgz update le.
4. The IP address of the Onboard in safe mode is xed at 10.82.95.101. Directly connect a computer to the Onboard via the Ethernet port,
and set the IP address of the computer to 10.82.95.100.
5. Connect to the ‘update’ share on the Onboard with user ‘root’, password ‘codex’ as follows:
• On a Windows computer, using the Map Network Drive box, enter \\10.82.95.101\update in the Folder eld, and then click on ‘Connect
using a different user name’ and enter the user ‘root’ and password ‘codex’.
• On a Mac, type Apple+K in Finder to bring up the ‘Connect To Server’ box and in ‘Server address’ enter smb://10.82.95.101/update. Enter
the username ‘root’ and password ‘codex’ when prompted. You may be able to see a system directory within the ‘update’ share: this can
be ignored.
6. On Windows: check the update le has not been renamed. Then drag the onboard-2013.r1.2108.tgz le into the ‘update’ shared directory.
You may wish to congure Windows to show le extensions for known le types (using the Folder Options window).
7. On Mac: make sure your browser did not decompress the .tgz le into a folder when you downloaded it, and that the le has not been
renamed. If using Safari, Ctrl+click on the link and select Download Linked File from the menu.
8. On Mac: you can’t use the Finder application to copy the update onto the Onboard (it will say there is no space). Instead open a Terminal
window (found in Applications, Utilities) and use the ‘cp’ command. Assuming that the update le is on your desktop, then the command would
be :-
cp Desktop/onboard-2013.r1.2108.tgz /Volumes/update
Wait until the prompt is shown again (including your username) with a cursor - this indicates the copy has completed, which usually takes less
than a minute.
9. Press the power switch on the Onboard. The display should now change to say:
*** UPDATING - DO NOT SWITCH OFF ***
10. After a couple of minutes, during which time the display may ick off and on again, the Onboard will automatically power down when the

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update has completed.
11. If the Onboard starts to shut down immediately after pressing the power switch, double check that you correctly copied the update le, and
it was not renamed or decompressed.
12. In the rare event of a problem being encountered during the update, the display may change to say *** UPDATE FAIL n ***. A le called
update.log may have been created in the ‘update’ shared directory. Please note down the fail code and copy the update.log le before turning
off the Onboard by pressing the power switch again. If retrying the update does not succeed please contact Codex Support. If you ever see
the UPDATE FAIL message then please forward the details and the log le to Codex Support.
13. In the event that power to the Onboard is lost during an update, simply start again. The Onboard may or may not function correctly, but in
any case do not attempt to use it until the update is completed.
14. Boot the Onboard normally. A software update resets all settings to factory default, including the IP address.
15. The software version is displayed in the Setup->System menu screen. Download the corresponding Windows or Mac user interface
programs if required, or connect to the ‘resources’ share on the Onboard (user: codex, password: codex) and copy the installers from there.