Controller Recovery - Epson RC180 Manual

Maintenance 5. Firmware Update

5.3 Controller Recovery

If the Controller becomes inoperable, use the procedures described in this section to
recover.
NOTE
Controller Backup is recommended for easy recovery of the Controller operation. For
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details of Controller Backup, refer to Maintenance 4. Backup and Restore.
The following two conditions describe the Controller error status after turning on
the Controller.
Condition A The Controller automatically changes to Recovery mode and the
Condition B The Controller seven-segment LED does not blink.
Countermeasure for the error status is as follows.
Condition A Follow the Firmware Initialization Procedure in section 5.4 to initialize the
Condition B
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seven-segment LED blinks
with the development PC though the Controller does not operate properly.
Cannot communicate with the Controller using the development PC.
firmware.
Execute the following steps:
(1) Turn OFF the Controller.
(2) Push the trigger button located on the front side of the Controller and
while holding the button in, turn ON the Controller. Continue to
hold in the trigger button for 30 seconds.
Controller to start in Recovery mode.
(3) Make sure that the seven-segment LED blinks
(4) Follow the procedure in 5.4 Firmware Initialization Procedure from
step (3) to initialize the firmware.
. You are able to communicate
This will cause the
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