Pathway LR Manual - Manual (Page 34)

DMXPathfinder LR Diagnostics
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When a loopback test is initiated, the DMXPathfinder’s Output Module CPU
generates a simulated DMX signal and creates a routing path through the
Pathfinder electronics according to the I/O parameters that the user has
assigned. The signal is transmitted on the selected output line’s send data pair
(XLR pins 2 and 3) and received back on the same module’s return data pair
(XLR pins 4 and 5). If an Input Module is being tested, the signal is transmitted
on the return data pair (XLR pins 4 and 5) and received back on the receive
data pair (XLR pins 2 and 3). Loopback Tests do not check for pin 1 continuity.
U SING THE D IAGNOSTICS
Launch DMXQConnect and select View, DMXPathfinder Control from
the main menu. The Terminal window is now open in the foreground. Select
the first module from the Output Module pull-down box and then click on the
Connect button at the lower left hand corner.
The screen should now look like the above example. Your personal computer is
now in direct text-mode "conversation" with the selected DMXPathfinder Output
Module. Note that below the heading is a list of single-letter keyboard
commands for various functions. Eight main menu choices are listed; use
upper-case characters to select from these items. There are two additional
commands, esc (Escape or exit from diagnostics) and cr (carriage return or
Enter to re-display the menu), as well as the sub-menu command ‘B’ which is
used to back up to the previous higher menu level. CAUTION: When the