HOW TO Configure the CMDS Panel

For CMDS Board description, options and how to configure the expander address, see PSCockpit Quick Guide V.4 – CMDS PCB. You can access the Quick Guide from Help/Quick Guide menu in the PSCockpit software.

To configure the PSCockpit CMDS panel select the correct option from the Expander pull down list in the IOLayout page of the PS Cockpit Software at the correct I2C channel depending of your hardware:
- CMDS+SLG if you have SLG2016 displays in your CMDS pcb
- CMDS+7Seg if you have 7 segment displays in your CMDS pcb

In case of there is some data already in the selected expander, the software will prompt you for continue:

The software will prompt you to setup the SLG2016 or 7 segment displays in our Airplane model:

The software will also prompt you to add the standard BMS commands for the CMDS:

If you accept, the software will prompt you to search for your BMS .key file and will automatically search for the key strokes you have set in your .key file for the CMDS:

If any of the commands hasn't been set you will see a warning indicating how many commands haven't been set and the Commands page of the PSCockpit software will appear:

Once the CMDS panel is already configured you can modify the list of inputs/outputs as desire as well as the free I/O of the expander:

Be aware that once the configuration is saved, whenever you enter the IOLayout Page you won’t see “CMDS+SLG” label on the expander anymore but the 40 I/O label.

Regards,
Shep