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P3-100 user manual
Status indicators and front panel
See Figure 1. The LED status indicators and Reset button on the front panel have the following functions:
Active
flashes during startup and lights
continuously during operation.
Ethernet 1
and
Ethernet 2
light when
there is activity on these connectors on
the rear panel.
Digital Video In
and
Analog Video In
indicate the currently selected video
signal.
DMX In
lights when a valid DMX signal
is present at the
DMX Input
connector
on the rear panel.
Output
lights when the P3-100 is
sending a P3 data signal.
Overtemp
lights if the P3-100 has
exceeded its maximum safe operating
temperature. A thermal protection circuit
throttles down the processor if this
happens.
Reset
lets you carry out a forced reset
(if the P3-100 application freezes and
you cannot reboot the processor
normally, for example). Use the tip of a
ballpoint pen to push the reset button.
The P3-100 constantly stores data in its
onboard flash memory, so you are
unlikely to lose data if the application
fails.
The two
USB ports
on the front panel can be used for any USB peripheral including the keyboard and mouse,
but are most conveniently placed for portable memory devices. The keyboard and mouse can be connected to
the two USB ports on the rear connections panel.
Figure 1: Status indicator panel and USB ports
