| Troubleshooting EDS card install/upgrade [message #79732] |
Thu, 08 February 2007 16:16  |
David Feldman
Messages: 13
Registered: October 2008
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Hi everyone,
I'm hoping that possibly some of you will be able to help me figure out what
I am doing wrong here. I just recently purchased 2 extra EDS-100 cards and
am working on upgrading my Paris system to a 3 card system. The 2 cards
came with the ribbon cables to connect them together and I had a local company
make me an extra 16-pin and 1-pin cable to connect the first one up to them.
I switched around a bunch of PCI cards in my computer and plugged all the
cards in, using the daisy-chain methodology described in the manual.
For 16-pin connectors:
Top left to middle right
Middle left to bottom right
Bottom left to top right
For 10-pin connectors:
Top right to middle right
Middle left to bottom left
Everything boots up just fine, but when I go to start up Paris, it runs and
then give me an error message that I don't have the master EDS card hooked
up to my hardware (my hardware is an MEC) and that I should check my connection.
The connection seems to be working as the lights on my MEC seem to blink
on and off when I plug it in. I have gotten this exact same error message
from Paris 2.2 and Paris 3.0.
Here are a few ideas that are making me scratch my head:
1. The manual mentions synching my EDS cards via BNC cables, but I can't
seem to find any BNC connectors on the EDS cards. So I don't really know
what they're talking about there.
2. When I upgraded my EDS cards I also added extra input and output modules
to my MEC. I don't know if this has any bearing on the problem that I'm
having.
I feel like the most likely problem that I'm having is that I've done something
wrong with the way I've inter-connected my EDS cards, but I really have no
idea and I don't know anyone nearby here in San Diego who has any sort of
expertise with these systems. If any of you guys have any sort of feedback
or ideas for me, please let me know. I'll be forever grateful.
Thanks,
David
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| Re: Troubleshooting EDS card install/upgrade [message #79734 is a reply to message #79732] |
Thu, 08 February 2007 16:48  |
Mark McDermott
Messages: 204
Registered: February 2006
Location: Portland, OR
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Hi David,
You need to follow the instructions in the manual to ID your "Master" card.
This involves plugging the MEC in to each card to get the ID and quite a
few power cycles on your computer. The cards will be ID's in PARIS as "A",
"B", and "C".
This is covered in the PARIS 3.0 manual.
Let me know if you need more info.
Mark
"David Feldman" <dfeldmania@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>Hi everyone,
>I'm hoping that possibly some of you will be able to help me figure out
what
>I am doing wrong here. I just recently purchased 2 extra EDS-100 cards
and
>am working on upgrading my Paris system to a 3 card system. The 2 cards
>came with the ribbon cables to connect them together and I had a local company
>make me an extra 16-pin and 1-pin cable to connect the first one up to them.
> I switched around a bunch of PCI cards in my computer and plugged all the
>cards in, using the daisy-chain methodology described in the manual.
>
>For 16-pin connectors:
>Top left to middle right
>Middle left to bottom right
>Bottom left to top right
>
>For 10-pin connectors:
>Top right to middle right
>Middle left to bottom left
>
>Everything boots up just fine, but when I go to start up Paris, it runs
and
>then give me an error message that I don't have the master EDS card hooked
>up to my hardware (my hardware is an MEC) and that I should check my connection.
> The connection seems to be working as the lights on my MEC seem to blink
>on and off when I plug it in. I have gotten this exact same error message
>from Paris 2.2 and Paris 3.0.
>
>Here are a few ideas that are making me scratch my head:
>
>1. The manual mentions synching my EDS cards via BNC cables, but I can't
>seem to find any BNC connectors on the EDS cards. So I don't really know
>what they're talking about there.
>
>2. When I upgraded my EDS cards I also added extra input and output modules
>to my MEC. I don't know if this has any bearing on the problem that I'm
>having.
>
>I feel like the most likely problem that I'm having is that I've done something
>wrong with the way I've inter-connected my EDS cards, but I really have
no
>idea and I don't know anyone nearby here in San Diego who has any sort of
>expertise with these systems. If any of you guys have any sort of feedback
>or ideas for me, please let me know. I'll be forever grateful.
>Thanks,
>David
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| Re: Troubleshooting EDS card install/upgrade [message #79788 is a reply to message #79734] |
Fri, 09 February 2007 13:14 |
David Feldman
Messages: 13
Registered: October 2008
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Junior Member |
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Thanks so much Mark. That seems to have done the trick. It's funny how they
forgot to mention the ID issue in the Paris 2 manual. Now if only Intelligent
Devices will email me my authorization code.
the best,
David
"Mark McDermott" <nospam@stateofwail.com> wrote:
>
>Hi David,
>
>You need to follow the instructions in the manual to ID your "Master" card.
>This involves plugging the MEC in to each card to get the ID and quite a
>few power cycles on your computer. The cards will be ID's in PARIS as "A",
>"B", and "C".
>
>This is covered in the PARIS 3.0 manual.
>
>Let me know if you need more info.
>
>Mark
>
>"David Feldman" <dfeldmania@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>Hi everyone,
>>I'm hoping that possibly some of you will be able to help me figure out
>what
>>I am doing wrong here. I just recently purchased 2 extra EDS-100 cards
>and
>>am working on upgrading my Paris system to a 3 card system. The 2 cards
>>came with the ribbon cables to connect them together and I had a local
company
>>make me an extra 16-pin and 1-pin cable to connect the first one up to
them.
>> I switched around a bunch of PCI cards in my computer and plugged all
the
>>cards in, using the daisy-chain methodology described in the manual.
>>
>>For 16-pin connectors:
>>Top left to middle right
>>Middle left to bottom right
>>Bottom left to top right
>>
>>For 10-pin connectors:
>>Top right to middle right
>>Middle left to bottom left
>>
>>Everything boots up just fine, but when I go to start up Paris, it runs
>and
>>then give me an error message that I don't have the master EDS card hooked
>>up to my hardware (my hardware is an MEC) and that I should check my connection.
>> The connection seems to be working as the lights on my MEC seem to blink
>>on and off when I plug it in. I have gotten this exact same error message
>>from Paris 2.2 and Paris 3.0.
>>
>>Here are a few ideas that are making me scratch my head:
>>
>>1. The manual mentions synching my EDS cards via BNC cables, but I can't
>>seem to find any BNC connectors on the EDS cards. So I don't really know
>>what they're talking about there.
>>
>>2. When I upgraded my EDS cards I also added extra input and output modules
>>to my MEC. I don't know if this has any bearing on the problem that I'm
>>having.
>>
>>I feel like the most likely problem that I'm having is that I've done something
>>wrong with the way I've inter-connected my EDS cards, but I really have
>no
>>idea and I don't know anyone nearby here in San Diego who has any sort
of
>>expertise with these systems. If any of you guys have any sort of feedback
>>or ideas for me, please let me know. I'll be forever grateful.
>>Thanks,
>>David
>
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