Difference between revisions of "AddisonMckee"

Revision as of 15:00, 14 May 2020

• See Benderlink for Addison for software that links this bender to Eaton Leonard Vector Tube Data Centers.

How to Enable Communications on an AddisonMckee Bender

To enable Supravision network communications, it is necessary to map a drive S: to a network path in the AddisonMckee control. The network path is where VTube-LASER will be putting Supravision files for commands. In order to map drive S, it is necessary to be running in Technician mode with a special hardware key (dongle). We've discovered that many AddisonMckee benders run in Technician mode all the time. The way to find if you are running in this mode is to try to map drive S like this:

Map drive S:

• Press F12 on the control keyboard.
• A dialog should pop up. Choose "Network Options".
• Choose "Add Addata Network Drive".
• Set this bender up as bender number 1 through 99. (Be sure it is set to a unique number compared to the other benders). In this dialog: YOU MUST PRESS THE KEYBOARD ENTER RATHER THAN "YES" on the screen. If you press YES on the screen, then bender number will not be changed. This is a known bug (or security feature?) in AddisonMckee controls that you must be careful of.
• You have to also select all the bender/Supravision numbers for the AddisonMckee control to take a new number using the KEYBOARD and not the SCREEN control.

• After setup is complete, the way to determine the bender number is to open the dialog under one of the measuring center buttons. That dialog will show a bender number in upper left corner.

• Be sure to switch back to the regular hardware key when finished (if you were using the Technician hardware key).