The process of recovering factory defaults deletes all platform and station data, and returns the controller to the state it was in when it shipped from the factory. If you cannot commission the controller because you made an error when entering the default platform daemon credentials or passphrase, you can restore factory defaults and start again. Also, when decommissioning a controller, a best practice is to recover the factory defaults, which removes the platform and station data from the controller. This procedure uses a terminal emulator program to access the controller’s system shell menu.
To reset a SLX-9000 to factory default state:
- You have backed up all data from the controller.
- If you are planning a “power—on” reboot using the serial shell menu (a) The controller’s DEBUG port is connected to your PC using a USB-to-micro USB cable. (b) Power is currently applied to the controller.
- You are logged into to the controller serial shell using a terminal emulator (system shell program), such as PuTTY and the serial shell menu is visible on your PC.
- With the outer panel cover open, press and hold the SHUT DOWN button on the SLX-9000 control panel.
- While still pressing the SHUT DOWN button, reboot the controller by either adding power to a powered off controller OR choosing option 9, Reboot, from the serial shell menu and entering “Y” at the confirmation prompt, upon which reboot is initiated.
- Release the SHUT DOWN button 5 seconds after reboot is initiated. Factory default restoration process begins.
- When the BEAT LED blinks at a normal rate, the process is complete.
1 | SHUT DOWN shuts down the controller and serves as the factory defaults recovery button. |
2 | STAT (status LED) blinks during recovery of factory defaults. |
3 | DEBUG port is a USB-C port for serial debug communications between the controller and serial shell running in the PC. |
4 | BEAT (Yellow); heartbeat LED that blinks at 1Hz during normal operation. Refer to “BEAT (Heartbeat) LED” section for details. |