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48 Encore — Installation and Service Manual
Section 2 — Installation
5. Next type in the following command, followed by the return key, which
will reprogram all GSC control panels connected to the SCB:
lcpProgram
6. Once the panels are programmed they will automatically reboot and
sign onto the Encore system. At this point the GSC control panels
should connect and be given the default configuration defined for each
panel type within the Panel Server.
7. Configure these control panels using the standard method described
for Encore control panels. Remember all configuration changes are live
changes and do not require a panel reboot, but to make the changes
persistent the user must select
Save (or Modify for v1.7.x and earlier
software) to save the configuration changes.
CAUTION When renaming a GSC control panel from the Encore OUI, exit and re-enter
the OUI edit select screen before editing the renamed GSC panel. This allows
the OUI to update active panel configuration chevrons appropriately. Make
sure there are active chevrons ( >> ) for the GSC panel to be edited after re-
entering the OUI screen.
SMS7000 GSC control panels use older technology and are inherently
slower than the Encore network interface control panels. The GSC control
panel takes a longer time to reboot and sign-on to the system after a rename
operation. The OUI edit select screen is not dynamically updated, so the
panel configuration may incorrectly show active chevrons ( >> ) when the
panel is actually offline. If the OUI attempts to edit a GSC panel in this
special condition, the OUI will prevent the GSC panel from signing onto
the master panel server because the configuration is in active edit mode.
When the edit is completed the panel will then sign-on but the master and
mirror panel server will be out of sync.
If this special condition GSC panel rename and edit does occur, the
recovery method is to edit the name again of this now active GSC panel
configuration from the OUI, save the configuration, and then exit OUI
panel configuration screen. This puts the panel server back in sync.
Conversion from Encore Back to SMS7000
After programming GSC panels within an Encore system the application
memory space may become corrupted for use in an SMS7000 MCPU
system. The symptom of this is the panel's name within SMS7000 will have
extended DOS characters that are not recognized by the DOS filing system
used on the SMS7000 system. The SMS7000 GUI will be unable to see the
panel application because the name will not be recognized.
To overcome this name corruption issue, special files named EraseC.mot
and EraseE.mot must be loaded from the MCPU to clear this memory
space. This then allows the SMS7000 to properly program the control panel
and assign the default panel type name.