Every once in a while, it might make sense to reboot or restart the Bloodhound. This may be for reasons of diagnostics, refreshing the unit, or any number of things.
This article explains one method for resetting, or rebooting the Bloodhound while on-site with the unit. This is essentially turning the Bloodhound completely off, then powering it up from scratch again.
PREREQUISITES:
1) You need to be on-site with the Bloodhound to complete this exercise.
2) The Bloodhound has to be powered up and running.
HOW-TO STEPS:
1) The first step in rebooting the Bloodhound is to shut it completely off. Here is the best method for doing this when rebooting the unit. We are going to power the Bloodhound down using the “START/STOP” method – here is how:
a) Remove the power cord from the Bloodhound on the left side. For an example of where the Power Cord is plugged into the Bloodhound, see the following figure:
b) The Bloodhound will remain on, and running on its internal battery backup power. It may even throw an alarm if it is set. This is normal.
c) Press the “START/STOP” key in the upper-left corner of the Bloodhound’s Logic Panel on the face of the Bloodhound (the key is shown in the figure below):
d) The Bloodhound should now power down normally.
2) Now we power the Bloodhound back on to complete the reboot:
a) Open the Bloodhound and look on the underside of the lid to find the soft pouch which has the iBall Instruments logo embossed in it (see figure below for the location of this pouch).
b) Find the 120V AC power cord – it looks like a common power cord that you find on any number of common household appliances, or on computer products. For an example of this cord’s ends, see the figure below:
c) Plug the pronged end of this cord into a working 120V/AC outlet, and the other end into the power-port on the left hand side of the Bloodhound. This port’s location is identified in the following figure:
d) The Bloodhound should now power on normally – you can verify it by looking at the LCD after the power up procedure is completed. The data on the display should look something like this:
Congratulations! You now know how to locally reset/reboot the Bloodhound!
