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CHAPTER 3: Installation and Preconfiguration
Error reason
When a communication error occurs, one of these “reason” messages will be
displayed:
Receive/network problem
The Expansion Cables in your system might be loose, misconnected, broken,
or defective. First make sure that all of your Expansion Cables are firmly seated
in the Expansion Card connectors, and that the cables are connected from
card to card in one of the ways shown in Section 3.4.2. If you can’t resolve the
problem, call Black Box Tech Support.
Duplicate id
Two or more Affinity units in your system have been set to the same “starting
computer” number. Either set the starting computer number of all of the units
in your system differently (see Section 3.6), or remove the units with the
duplicate number from your system.
Reset failed or
Microsequencer operation failed or
Id set to 0 (broadcast) or
Memory test failed or
Insertion failed or
Unknown error
Indicates faulty communication hardware. Try cycling power to the Affinity to
see if this message goes away. If it doesn’t, the Expansion Card will have to be
replaced; call Black Box Tech Support as described in Sections 9.3 and 9.4.