Rose electronics Caretaker Plus Automatic Switch manual

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Table of Contents Contents Disclaime r .................................................................................................................... 1 Introducti on .................................................................................................................. 1 Featur es ...................................................[...]

Introduction CARETAKER PLUS INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 1 Disclaimer While every pr ecaution has been taken in the prep aration of this manual, the manufacturer assumes no respons ibility for errors or omissions. Neither does the manufacturer assume any l iability for damages resulting from the use of the informati on contained herein. The m[...]

2 CARETAKER PLUS INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL Model Number and Options The Caretaker Plus consists of a s wit ch unit and a separate wall mounted po wer adapter. It is available in several models: 2 to 8 ports, either serial or parallel, and Centronics tyhpe connectors or Db25 type connectors. The base mode l has a 16K buffer expandable to 2M[...]

FRONT PANEL DISPLAY CARETAKER PLUS INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 3 Caretaker Plus Front Panel Display POWER LED is lit whenever the unit is powered on. ADVANCE and SELECT sw itches are used to enter t he configuration menu, go int o diagnostic modes, or clear the buffer. MODE LED is lit to indicate the unit is in the configuration or flo w con[...]

QUICK SETUP LIST – Serial Units 4 CARETAKER PLUS INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL Serial Set-Up for PCs 1. Connect your PC to port 1 on the Caretaker Plus with the proper cable. 2. Connect the power adapter to the Caretak e r Plus and turn the Caretaker Plus on. Verify that the power LED is on. The other LEDs light in var ious patterns as the p[...]

CARETAKER PLUS INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 5 Caretaker Plus Rear Panel – Serial Model The diagram belo w shows the connector arr angement for model #CT P-8S. It has nine serial ports. The CTP-4S is similar but it doe sn't have ports 5-8. Port 0, the rightmost port, is where you connect the printer. The co mputers conn ect to the ports[...]

QUICK SETUP LIST – Parallel Units 6 CARETAKER PLUS INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL Parallel Set-Up 1. Connect the Caretaker Plus port 0 to your printer with the correct cable. Connect your computers to ports 1-8 with the correct cables. 2. Connect the power adapter to the Caretak e r Plus and turn the Caretaker Plus on. Verify that the power L[...]

CABLING CARETAKER PLUS INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 7 One of the most important steps in installing the Caretake r Plus is to connect the correct cables. We have tried to give as much info rmation as possible to specif y the correct cable. Please refer to Appendi x A and B. Also refer to the previous section. Parallel Cabling Parallel units w[...]

8 CARETAKER PLUS INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL to indicate entry into configura tion mode. Entering configuration mode will stop data transfer to the shared device, and also er as e all data in the buffer. No new data can be loaded into the unit while in configuration m ode. Press carriage return o n your terminal to call the menu. The DATA LE[...]

CARETAKER PLUS INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 9 Configuration Menu Ite ms In the examples belo w, <ENTER> means "press the ENTER key", not "t ype the characters <ENTER> . Output from the Caretaker Plus is shown in courier type. Input from the user is shown in underlined co urier type. Protocol The protocol consists of[...]

10 CARETAKER PLUS INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL Form Feed The form feed, when enabled, sends a form feed character to the share d device to eject the last page printed when a port is disconnect ed. The factor y default is a disabled form feed. When enabled the l ast character sent to the shared device is examined. If it is a form feed no actio[...]

CARETAKER PLUS INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 11 Exit This command is used to exit the configurati on menu and return the u nit to normal (data transfer) mode. Enter X to the choic e prom pt. A termination message will print, and the BUSY, DATA, and MODE LEDs will return to the state they were in before entry to configuration mode. T he unit is[...]

12 CARETAKER PLUS INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL Reverse Channel Data Time out This command (on the adv anced features menu) determines whether or not to reset the timeout clock when data is received on port O "reverse channel data". Wh en this feature is enabled, reverse channel d ata resets the timeout clock. When this feature is di[...]

CARETAKER PLUS INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 13 Configuration Commands Configuration comman ds allow changing of t he unit's setup param et ers without the Us e of a menu. They may b e used on serial or parallel units. To enab le processing of configuration commands, dep ress both of the unit's front panel switches. The MODE and BUSY[...]

14 CARETAKER PLUS INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL Protocol Comma nd This command changes the c ommunication protocol of a given port. If you enter a protocol that blocks communication with t he unit or is otherwise undesira ble, and you have not used KEEP, you may restore the prev ious format by powering the unit down and back up. Protocol codes[...]

CARETAKER PLUS INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 15 Parallel Enable Logic Command This command a llows the Careta ker Plus to recogniz e when a comp uter that i s connected to a parallel port on the Caretak er Plus is turned off so that the Caretaker Plus will not accept data from the PC. The fa ctory default is to enable parallel enab le logic. W[...]

OPERATIONS 16 CARETAKER PLUS INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL Initial State Following the successful completion of the p owe r up tests, the Care taker Plus turns all the port LEDs off. The BUSY LED may be lit if the shared device is busy. Normal Operation Input devices, usually comp uter s, initiate requests to connect to the shared devic e by s[...]

CARETAKER PLUS INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 17 Buffer Characteristics The switch may have a buffer memor y of 16K, 256K, 512K, 1 megabyte, or 2 megabytes. The Caretak er Plus uses an intelligent algorithm to allocate memory . The buffer is dynamic ally allocated which means that any port can utilize as much buffer as required. The buffer is r[...]

18 CARETAKER PLUS INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL Timeout The default setting of 20 seco nds is sufficient for most applications. Some computers, however, start printing and then pa use to do some type of calculation or processi ng and then resume printing. If this pause is greate r than the timeout setting of the switch. then another computer c[...]

CARETAKER PLUS INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 19 Initialization String The initializatio n string is used to reset the printer to a defined st ate at the beginning of each job. In this way the print er settings of the last person to print do not affect the print settings of the next person to print. The most common string use d is the reset com[...]

20 CARETAKER PLUS INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL Power Up Initial Display When powering on, the Caretaker Plus g oes through a power up self-test which checks the main functions of its electronics. T he leftmost LED labeled POW ER should glow green and the other red LEDs should all turn on. T hen the unit will cycle through four tests lighting [...]

CARETAKER PLUS INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 21 Static Ram Read/Write Test The next test is for static ram. Since the Care taker Plus has no static ram, this test is displayed as sho wn in TABLE 6 for consistency with other Rose products. Non-volatile Ram Tests The fourth and final po wer up test is for t he non-volatile memory. A series of te[...]

22 CARETAKER PLUS INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL Flow Control Dis play Mode (Serial Models Only ) By pressing the ADVANCE switch dur ing normal operation, the LED displa y is switched to the flow control display mo de. The MODE LED illuminates to indicate this mode is active. You may return to normal dis play mode by pressing the ADVANCE switch[...]

TROUBLESHOOTING CARETAKER PLUS INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 23 Troubleshooting Common Problems and Solutio ns I. Missing blocks of data o n sh ared device and/o r bu ffer Overflow error disp lay occurs - serial only A. Flow control is not set or wired properl y If your device uses X-on/X-off, ensure t hat the corresponding port is set for X-o[...]

24 CARETAKER PLUS INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL V. Port(s) do not time out A. 'Robust' X-on/ X-off present. Some printers, particularly the HP LaserJ et, send X-on codes at timed intervals. Set the 'REVERSE CHANNEL DAT A TIMEOUT' feature to Y. See 'CONFIGURATION' section for info rmation on 'REVERSE CHANNEL D[...]

CARETAKER PLUS INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 25 Maintenance a nd Repair The exterior surface of the unit ma y be wiped with a damp cloth to keep it clean. The unit does not contain an y jumpers or serviceabl e parts inside. Opening the unit invalidates the warrant y except in the case of an authoriz ed memory upgrade or firmware updates. Any m[...]

DIAGNOSTICS 26 CARETAKER PLUS INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL Diagnostic M odes The Caretaker Plus has an extensive se lf-test diagnostic capability. Norma lly these features are only accessed by a technici an to determine a failure wi th the unit. Through the diagnostic mod es, you can: Print the configuration menu Print a repeating test patter[...]

CARETAKER PLUS INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 27 Print Configurat ion/Test Pat tern Function Holding both switches d own at the end of test 4 causes the uni t to print its configuration out to port O, as shown in TABLE 8. Holding both switches down a second time at the end of test 4 causes a print exerciser to run, which sends a repeating test [...]

DIAGNOSTICS 28 CARETAKER PLUS INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL Long Test W ithout Lo opbac k This group of tests are entered b y pressing t he select switch only while po wering up the unit with the on/off switch. All equipment sho uld be disconnected from the unit prior to running this test. Test 1 - EPROM program checksum test is t he same as d[...]

CARETAKER PLUS INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 29 Long Test w ith Loopback This test is entered by pressi ng the advance switch only while powering up the unit with the on/off switch. Special loopback connector s should be connected to eac h Caretaker Plus port. Tests 1-5 - These are the s ame as tests 1- 5 of long test without loopback. Test 6 [...]

APPENDICES 30 CARETAKER PLUS INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL Appendix A: Serial Cabling The diagrams bel ow show the Caretaker Plus pinout on the left and a ll other devices on the right. Read across to find the pinout. Con nector types shown below refer to the connector on the dev ice, not on the cable. NOTE: Caretaker Plus is abbr eviated CTP.[...]

CARETAKER PLUS INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 31 Appendix B: Pinout Specifications Serial Models DB25 Female Pin Signal Name Acronym I/O Description 2 Transmit data TXD Output Serial data from port 3 Receive data RXD Input Serial data to port 4 Request to send RTS Output Always high 6 Data set ready DSR Input Low inhibits transmit data 7 Signal[...]

32 CARETAKER PLUS INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL Appendix C: MP1000 Memory Board This memory board provid es optional, add-on buffer expansion for the Caretaker Plus. Installing this board expa nds the Caretaker Plus buffer from the standard 64K to 256K, 512K, or 1 MB. "Stacking" two boards allo ws the buffer to be increased to 2 MB. [...]

CARETAKER PLUS INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 33 Installing the Board Carefully plug the e xpansion pins of the bo ar d (the first board, if using t wo) onto the motherboard's sockets where the 64K chips were removed. Fasten the board down using the two threaded space rs. Screw them into the motherboard's existin g spacers (after remo[...]

34 CARETAKER PLUS INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL Appendix D: Factory Defaults Upon receiving the Caretaker Plus from the factory, or restoring the unit to default parameters (see 'RESTORE TO DEFAULT FUNCTION'), The factory default settings are: Timeout: 20 seconds Protocol Serial: 9600 bau d, no parity, 8 bits, 1 stop, DTR flow contro[...]

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