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b.
Check the carrier air port for any obstructions or chemical emissions close by.
If there is a line for the carrier air that is run outside, be sure it doesn’t intake
next to any exhaust lines.
WITS Status Keeps Flashing “ERROR” on MControl
1.
Check the connection of RS-232 serial plug at the
back of MLogger
labeled COM 2. If
the connection is made at the
front of MLogger
check that the plug is in COM 1.
2.
The cable that is supplied with MLogger is a crossover cable, otherwise known as a
null modem cable. Check the cable ends for the identifying label “null modem”.
Standard serial cables will not work with the MLogger.
a.
Make sure the settings in MControl are correct.
i.
Click on the Setup option in MControl’s toolbar
ii.
Check the
WITS Input
bullet is marked.
iii.
Check the
WITS Interface
. Be sure the correct EDR company shows in
the white field.
iv.
Check the WITS port for the correct connection. COM 1 in the front or
COM 2 in the back.
3.
MControl 2.6.5 and later, has a WITS Self Test option
a.
Connect one end of the null modem cable to COM2 and the other to COM1 on
the MLogger.
b.
Select the
WITS Self Test
option in MControl by left clicking on
Setup
and
selecting WITS Self Test from the
WITS Interface
drop down menu.
c.
Select
APPLY
, then observe the WITS STATUS box under LOGGING
PARAMETERS, if it changes from ERROR to OK, then both of the COM ports on
the MLogger are working correctly, so the problem may be related to the data
records being sent from the EDR.
EDR Company
WITS setting
Pason
WITS Interrogate Mode, Pason
Workstation, or Pason Server
MD Totco
Streaming WITS
Epoch
Streaming WITS
All Others
Streaming WITS
