Loading a database into the DG3 from HELEN
Issue: 541192-1
Date: 16.06.16
1. Purpose
This document will guide you through how to load a database into the DG3 controller from
HELEN.
2. Instructions
3.1. Formatting the USB stick
The DG3 uses a USB stick to load a destination list via its USB port. The stick must be formatted
to use the FAT32 file system.
The table below shows how to format your USB stick:
Step Description Figure
1 Insert the USB stick into the PC and
locate it. It appears as REMOV DISK
(E:) in our case.
Note: The name and drive letter are
variable and in this case, the drive letter
allocated to the USB stick by the PC is
'E:'.
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Loading a database into the DG3 from HELEN
Step Description Figure
2 Right-click on the drive E and select
'Format…'. The following window
appears.
3 Under 'File system', use the dropdown
arrow to select 'FAT32 (Default)' and
click Start.
4 A warning will appear as shown.
Ensure the stick is empty before
formatting starts. Click OK.
5 A window will then appear indicating
that the formatting is complete. Click
OK.
6 Click Close on the original formatting
window as shown in step 2. The USB
stick is now formatted to FAT32 and is
ready for use.
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3.2. Configuring the USB stick for loading
To ensure the correct data is loaded, an [Link] file is saved on the USB stick using the
directory structure X:\Hanover\DB\ (where X is the drive allocated by the PC to the USB
stick).
The table shows how to configure the USB stick:
Step Description Figure
1 Insert the USB stick into the PC and locate
it. In our case, it appears as REMOV DISK
(E:).
Note: The name and drive letter are
variable and in this case, the drive letter
allocated to the USB stick by the PC is 'E:'.
2 On the USB drive, create a folder called
'Hanover'. Open this folder and create
another folder within it and name it 'DB'.
Note: 'DB' stands for DataBase.
3 The USB drive is now set up to download
any [Link] file into the ‘DB’ folder.
USB sticks sometimes fail: try another stick before assuming the problem lies elsewhere.
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3.3. Transferring the database to the USB stick using HELEN
To load the database to the USB stick using HELEN, please ensure the USB drive is
connected to the PC.
Step Description Figure
1 In the main HELEN window, click
File Save Output File As.. as
shown.
2 Verify that the options selected are
correct and then click OK.
For more details, refer to HELEN
display-editing software operating
manual (ref. 540125).
3 The ‘Save As…’ window will
appear as shown (it may be
necessary to browse to the USB
folder Hanover folder DB
folder). Ensure the text in the 'File
name:' box is Eric (or [Link]) and
that the ‘Save as type:’ box has
[*.BIN] in it.
4 Click Save. Note that subsequent
downloads will already have a file
called [Link] shown in this
window: it will be overwritten.
5 The database has been saved to
the USB stick inside the DB folder.
Click OK.
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3.4. Transferring the database from the USB stick to the DG3
Step Description Figure
1 Insert the USB stick into the port in the front of the USB:
controller. The DG3 will automatically find, transfer and Drive found
save the database as shown.
USB:
Found [Link]
USB:
Please wait…
USB:
Loading…
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 When it has finished, a request to remove the USB stick USB:
will appear as shown.
||||||||| Load completed
Remove USB drive:
3 The DG3 will re-boot once the USB stick is removed USB:
and will show the last inputted destination code. Load completed
|||||||||
However, this number may not correspond with the new
list loaded, in which case 'Bad destination' will then be
shown: try inputting a number from the new list.
If the controller is in 'remote' mode (i.e. the signs are Rebooting…
being driven by an on-board computer), its screen will
show 'Idle'.
HANOVER
DERIC-G3 V1.16.6
abcde
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Note that if the [Link] file is corrupt, or no valid files
can be found on the stick, the controller will show the
following message 'Remove USB drive:' and will flash USB:
and beep continuously until the USB stick is removed, [Link] Not Found
whereupon the DG3 will reboot. This will not make any Remove USB drive:
change to the current loaded file.
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