Using the LANMON 3 tool with a 78010 TAP with a MIP01 board attached

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Issue

Using the LANMON 3 tool with a 78010 TAP with a MIP01 board attached

Environment

• I/NET Controller LAN
• 78010 TAP with a MIP01 Board

Cause

The EPROM is an obsolete item and therefore is not available anymore. Because of this, the 78010 with a MIP01 board must be used instead.

The modified special 7810.bin (LANMON binary) is intentionally set to not retained in memory through a power cycle.

Once the LANMON binary is installed into a MIP, there is no longer any way to communicate with it as a "downloadable device". Power cycling is the only way to bring the MIP back to the boot state.

So basically you have to leave the 'DIP SW' the way the Mip Document states. Because if you power down the 7810 TAP to change the 'DIP SW' per the TCON 310-0305, you will lose the program in the TAP.

Resolution

List of material that will be used for the LANMON 3 operations. Click here to download a .zip file containing all of the necessary executables, bin files, and manuals.

1. The Custom 7810.BIN file (Modified Printer Tap BIN)
2. The LANMON 3 Master Program “EXE” file (LanMon 300.exe)
3. TCON 310-0305 PDF Manual for the LANMON program.
4. A black 78010 TAP or a base mounted 78010 TAP, with it’s associated Power Transformer
5. A Memory Interface Processor (MIP01) Board
6. Cable – CBL071 (606105-0035) – TAP to 9 pin (Female) Serial
7. You might have to provide a USB to 9 pin (Male) Serial Adapter

Setup Process

1. If the 78010 TAP (either the “Black” or Base-mount unit) has never had a MIP01 installed before, some items on the Motherboard must be removed prior to installing the New MIP01 board.
   
   1. Remove power from the base unit. For those units that do not have a power switch, remove the power connector.
   2. Remove the base unit parts as shown in Table 3 below.
   3. Orient the MIP01 with the negative end of the battery (unmarked end) pointing upward (toward the notched end of the white outline of the base unit processor). Insert the MIP01 into the processor socket.
2. Note, the MIP01 must be set up as a “Printer TAP”. The Steps to set this up are as follows:
   1. With the power OFF of the unit set all the DIP switches (1 to 😎 to the UP position.
   2. Cycle the power ON then cycle the power OFF
   3. Then set up the "Printer TAP" using the DIP switch settings defined below:
3. Once this is unit set up with DIP switch setting below, it will work as a LANMON 3 Unit. Please note that the LanMon TAP does occupy a node on the CLAN. So this unit requires an address that is not already used in the System. The Address range is 0 to 62 (63 is not a valid address)
   
   DIP Switch settings:
   • Switch 1 -- DN
   • Switch 2 – DN
   • Switch 3 -- DN
   • Switch 4 -- DN
   • Switch 5 -- DN
   • Switch 6 – UP = Tap Address 32
   • Switch 7 – DN = 19200 baud CLAN (Choose one or the other)
   • Switch 7 – UP = 9600 baud CLAN
   • Switch 8 -- DN
      
   The first 6 DIP switches are used for the addressing of this TAP on the CLAN. In my example above, my unit is set to address of 32 (SW# 6 is up)
   • Switch  1 – UP = 1
   • Switch 2 – Up = 2
   • Switch 3 – UP = 4
   • Switch 4 – Up = 8
   • Switch 5 – UP = 16
   • Switch 6 – Up = 32
      
4. Go into the following I/NET Editor – Edit > Host Computer > Network Configuration. Make sure the “Lanmon 3 TAP” is saved.
   
   
    
5. A special BIN file must be loaded into the MIP01 board. There are several steps in doing this process.
   1. Go to the following location and Rename the existing file from 7810.bin to 7810.org. Then copy the special 7810.bin that is the “LanMon 3” BIN
      
      
       
   2. Go into the following editor and do software restore to the LANMON TAP: Edit > Host Computer > Software Restore
      
      
       
   3. During the software download to the LANMON TAP, an error message will appear at the end of the download that says, "Software not loaded." This is expected. Click "OK" on the message.
      
      
       
6. The LANMON 3 program may be started now. The file to use is the LanMon 300.exe file. Double click this file and that will start the LANMON program. Please note the comments in the capture below.
   
   
   The chosen Com port will be the port the CBL071 is connected to on the PC.
   The Output TXT file will be located in the same directory where the LANMON program (LanMon 300.exe) is stored on the hard drive.
   The Capture code should be set to this format -- B E1 M N O
   And "Enter stroke" now will start the LANMON program.
   
   Please note the TAP LED pattern in the LANMON mode is as follows:
   Port “A” the Red LED only flashes.
   Port “B” the Green LED only flashes

The modified special 7810.bin (LANMON binary) is intentionally set to not retained in memory through a power cycle.

Once the LANMON binary is installed into a MIP, there is no longer any way to communicate with it as a "downloadable device". Power cycling is the only way to bring the MIP back to the boot state.

Leave the 'DIP SW' the way the Mip Document states. If the 7810 TAP is powered down to change the 'DIP SW' per the TCON 310-0305, it will lose the program in the TAP.