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M7200 Control Head stuck on Download Please Wait

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rodfarva

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I have a M7200 control head that I had plugged into a M5300 and the head has been suck on Download Please Wait for over 24 hours is there a reset procedure or is the head now a door stop? Thanks
 

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Use a short cable with ALL the pins connected. (it seems to need the control pins to work). I reflashed it with the MainApp and it snapped out of it, but I had to use a <6 foot serial cable. No idea why it matters but i was banging my head on the bench for some time!
 

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So what you mean is just have the DB9 cable going to the computer and the control head thats it? And flash the main app into the control head?
 

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Yep, thats the gist of it. As long as you have the MainApp and loader needed to flash it. Doing it that way will knock it out of its funk.
 

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Cant seem to get mine to work

Wont let me connect to it with terminal or with RPM to upload the file.

Any special button combo iv got to press?

I have the remote head powered up, 1 can term on the back and the DB9 doing to the head and into the computers DB9
 

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You need to use the utility that comes with the MainApp firmware to load it. I'm not sure if RPM has the capability to recover a control head in that state.
 
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