Multi-Configuration Devices

The DACM (v3 or later) can store multiple UI configurations that are manually selected using the DIP switches on the device. It is possible to store any combination of Antumbra and Revolution configurations on the same DACM.

This enables you to precommission DACMs with every required UI role (see note below) prior to installation, enabling the installer to easily select the correct configuration for each UI as they go.

The number of configurations is limited by EEPROM capacity. Sites that require many UI configurations may need to split them across two or more sets of DACMs.

Minimum Requirements

This feature requires a DACM v3 or later, with the latest available firmware.

Ensure that you are using the latest available version of System Builder.

Creating a New Multi-Configuration Device

Start by creating the required UI configurations in System Builder.
Click Insert Device from List (Ctrl+D) to open the Create Device editor, then open the User Interfaces tab and select UI Multi-Config FW 3.x to create a multi-configuration device.

In the Multi-Configuration editor tab, use the Add button to add the required UI configurations to the device.

Set the required properties for each configuration.

Property	Description
Name	Defaults to the original device’s name, but can be changed.
DIP switch	This sets the DIP switch value (1-63) for the selected configuration. Leave 0 unused, and set the physical DIP switch on the device itself to 0 while commissioning. We recommend using easy-to-remember values, e.g., using 0x01, 0x02, 0x04, 0x08, 0x10, and 0x20 lets you recall up to six configurations by changing a single DIP switch to the ON position for each.
Box number	This is the spur box number that the device will have when the configuration is recalled. It defaults to the same box number as the original device in the job, but it can be changed. Note that you can create multiple configurations with the same box number. This may be useful for quick configuration changes onsite.

Property

Description

Name

Defaults to the original device’s name, but can be changed.

DIP switch

This sets the DIP switch value (1-63) for the selected configuration.
Leave 0 unused, and set the physical DIP switch on the device itself to 0 while commissioning.

We recommend using easy-to-remember values, e.g., using 0x01, 0x02, 0x04, 0x08, 0x10, and 0x20 lets you recall up to six configurations by changing a single DIP switch to the ON position for each.

Box number

This is the spur box number that the device will have when the configuration is recalled. It defaults to the same box number as the original device in the job, but it can be changed.
Note that you can create multiple configurations with the same box number. This may be useful for quick configuration changes onsite.

Saving to the Device

Set all DIP switches on the DACM to the OFF position, and connect it to the System Builder PC via the PC node or DyNet bus.
Use Load devices from network (Ctrl+L) and the service switch on the DACM to discover and add it to the SB job.
Factory set the new DACM as a UI Multi-Config FW 3.x.
Copy (Ctrl+C) and paste (Ctrl+V) your multi-configuration to the new DACM.
Use Save to Device to upload your changes to the DACM.

If the DIP switches on the device are set to the value of any of your configurations, the device will restart with that configuration immediately after saving.
Unplug the DACM, set the DIP switches to select a configuration, and connect an application module.

To see the DIP switch arrangement for a configuration, select it in the Multi-Configuration editor and click the Configuration > DIP switch > Change button.
Reconnect the DACM to the network and test the button functions to confirm that the chosen configuration is working.

Synchronizing configuration updates from original devices

Click the sb icon rebuild from devices in job Rebuild from Devices in Job button to synchronize the current settings of all the original devices in the job to the multi-configuration device.

Loading a multi-configuration device from the network or a hex file

If a multi-configuration device must be loaded from the network or from a hex file, the original devices will not be known. In this case the configurations each appear with a icon beside them, and an empty Original Device in Job > Name field.

For devices in this state, it is possible to change the name, DIP switch, and Enabled settings, but not the box number.

To change the box number or any other device configuration, select the config you wish to edit and click the sb icon recreate device in job Recreate Device in Job button. The image below shows a recreated device. Note that devices are recreated without a box number.

Now that the device exists in the job, you can change its configuration and then click sb icon rebuild from devices in job Rebuild from Devices in Job to sync it back to the multi-configuration device.