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NovaStar: Blank or incorrectly displaying section of display- NovaStar sending box is not communicating with receiver cards

Potential Symptoms

  • Display or section of the display is blank.
  • Sending box is not communicating with the receiver cards
  • Monitoring alerts:
    • Cable Fault sending card
    • Fault sending card

Environment

  • Product Family: Sender Box
  • Product: Nova MCTRL 600, Nova MCTRL 660, NovaStar VX4S, NovaStar brand sender box and receiver  cards
  • Components: NovaLCT-Mars with Novai Care monitoring (optional)
  • Control System: Market Standard or Limited Compliance using transmit common/open protocol
    • This includes but not limited to DVN-4003, Dragon Sticks, J Series, JVX, U Series, Q Series, QVN, Z Series, and ZPN.

Cause

The sending box/card is not recognizing the receiver cards.

Resolution

You can use the NovaStar software to identify the receiver cards that are not communicating the sending box/card.  Send configuration parameters to each receiver card.   If are not able to send the parameters to the receiver card, you will know that the receiver card is not communicating.

  1. Make sure power is going to the cards
    1. The cards in the cabinet should have a solid red light and a green flashing light. (This may not be an option for NPP displays.) 
  2. Check the cat 6 cable from the sending card to the receiver card. Swap this out for a new cable if necessary.
  3. Replace the sender card with a new one.

KB ID: DD3242850

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