13
Com Port
S e t u p s e r i a l c o m m u n i c a t i o n p o r t . T h e f i r s t t h i n g a f t e r e n t e r B e n c h
D M M P C L i n k i s t o c o n n e c t P C w i t h t h e i n s t r u m e n t . ( I f o n l y w a n t t o
a n a l y z e o r p r i n t t h e r e c o r d e d d a t a , n o c o n n e c t i o n i s n e c e s s a r y . )
B e n c h D M M P C L i n k o f f e r s f o u r p o r t s C O M 1 - C O M 4 f o r u s e r
s e l e c t i o n . U s e r s e l e c t s t h e m a t c h i n g p o r t a c c o r d i n g t o t h e p o r t
c o n n e c t e d t o t h e P C s i d e . I f t h e s e l e c t i o n i s c o r r e c t , t h e s c r e e n w i l l
d i s p l a y “ C o n n e c t e d . ” A t t h e s a m e t i m e , t h e i n s t r u m e n t w i l l b e r e s e t
a n d b e i n i t i a l i z e d t o 5
1
/
2
DCV S i n g l e D i s p l a y A u t o m o d e . T h e C O M
i n t h e O p e r a t i n g S t a t u s w i l l d i s p l a y “ C o n n e c t e d ” a n d t h e r e a d i n g s
o n t h e s o f t w a r e i n s t r u m e n t d i s p l a y w i n d o w w i l l b e t h e s a m e a s t h o s e
o n t h e i n s t r um e n t p a n e l .
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If none of the port of COM1–COM4 succeeds, the word “Unconnected” will
show. If this happens, follow the checking list below:
1
、
C h e c k i f t h e i n s t r u m e n t R S- 2 3 2 s e t u p c o m p l i e s w i t h :
RS - 2 3 2 = O n
、
B a u d R a t e = 9 6 0 0
、
D a t a = 8 b i t
、
P a r i t y = n o n e
、
s t o p
b i t s = 1 b i t
、
E c h o = O f f
、
P r i n t = O f f .
F o r i n s t r u m e n t R S- 2 3 2 s e t u p ,
r e f e r t o t h e i n s t r u m e n t USER’S MANUAL E n t e r i n g setup m o d e .
2
、
C h e c k i f t h e R S- 2 3 2 u s e d i s t h e o n e c o m e s w i t h t h e c o m m u n i c a t i o n
p a c k . R e f e r t o A p p e n d i x 1 f o r d e t a i l c o n n e c t i o n o f R S- 2 3 2 c a b l e .
3 .
C h e c k i f t h e P C Co m p o r t w o r k s n o r m a l l y a n d t h e R S- 2 3 2 c a b l e i s
s e c u r e l y c o n n e c t e d .
G
Should unexpected situations happen between PC and instrument, for example
uncontrolled data displaying errors, user may select
Com Port /
to reset the instrument
to its initial status.
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Record
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Start
A c t i v a t e t h e r e c o r d i n g f u n c t i o n . W h e n s e l e c t e d , P C w i l l d i s p l a y
m e a s u r e m e n t r e a d i n g s g e n e r a t e d b y t h e i n s t r u m e n t i n n u m e r i c a l a n d
w a v e f o r m a t s .
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Caution! After recording started, if select “Stop” icon and then select
Start/
icon , recording will start over from the very first data. All data recorded before
will be wiped out. Also during recording, by Timer or manually, do not change
any set up. If user wants to change any set up, stop recording, finish the
new set
up and activate the recording function again.
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Stop
S t o p r e c o r d i n g . A f t e r a c t i v a t i n g t h e r e c o d i n g f u n c t i o n , s e l e c t
「
S t o p /
」
i c o n t o s t o p r e c o r d i n g . I f w a n t t o c o n t i n u e , s e l e c t
「
C o n t i n u e /
」
i c o n .
「
S t o p /
」
m e a n s i n t h i s s i t u a t i o n , t e m p o r a r y
p a u s e o n l y .
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Continue
C o n t i n u e r e c o r d i n g . A f t e r a c t i v a t i n g t h e r e c o r d i n g f u n c t i o n , s e l e c t
「
S t o p /
」
i c o n t o s t o p r e c o r d i n g . S e l e c t
「
C o n t in u e /
」
i c o n a g a i n t o
c o n t i n u e r e c o r d i n g .
