
Chapter 7: Configurations
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Non-Standard Tiered Configurations
Guidelines for Existing Firmware Versions
Non‐Standardtieredconfigurationsarethoseconfigurationssupported
byParagonII,butrequirespecialprocedureinordertofunctionproperly.
Theseinclude:
• TriangleConfiguration
• SingleDiamondConfiguration
• RedundantConfiguration
Recovery:
• Afteranyre‐connectionsubsequenttotheNon‐Standardtiered
configuration,allParagonswitchesshouldundergoaFUNCresetto
cleartheda
tabase.SeeʺResetUnitʺunderParagonIIFrontPanel
DisplayandControls(onpage16)formorein
formationonclearing
thedatabase.Thisprocedureshouldbeperformedstartingfromthe
third‐tierdevicedowntotheBaseUnit.
• Wheneverathird‐tierParagonswitchisreplaced,allofthe
second‐tierParagonswitchesandBaseUnitsshouldundergoa
FUNCreset.
• Wheneverasecond‐ti
erParagonswitchisreplaced,alloftheBase
UnitsshouldundergoaFUNCreset.
• Wheneverabase‐tierParagonswitch(BaseUnit)isreplaced,onlythe
newParagonswitchshouldundergoaFUNCreset.
Triangle Configuration
¾Thefollowingproceduremustbefollowedtoensurethisconfiguration
functionsproperly:
Afterre‐connection,allParagonswitchesmustundergoaFUNCresetto
cleartheswitchesʹdatabase.SeeʺResetUnitʺunderParagonIIFront
PanelDisplayandControls(onpage16)fo
rmoreinformationon
clearingthedatabase.Thisprocedureshouldbeperformedstartingfrom
thethird‐tierdevicedowntotheBaseUnit.
• ExecutetheFUNCresetinthefollowingorder:UMT‐3ÆUMT‐2Æ
UMT‐1.