Campbell CDM-VW300 Series, User Manual

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CDM-VW300 Series Dynamic Vibrating-Wire Analyzers
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With the driver installed (step 1) and the power connected and live (step 2),
connecting the USB cable will start an automatic process that creates a new
communication (COM) port for the CDM-VW300 on the PC. Watch the
Windows ® system tray to see that the PC completes the process. Once
complete, a new port will appear as an available communication port in
DVWTool .
4. Test to see that DVWTool can access the USB connection.
Reference Section 7.1.2,
Using DVWTool .
Run
DVWTool . Select CDM-VW300 from the Com Port drop-down list as
indicated in the following figure.
If COM port CDM-VW300 does not appear, there is a problem with
the installation of the device driver or the creation of the COM port.
See Section 7.1.1,
Software and Driver Installation , for remedial
steps.
Press Connect in the lower left of the DVWTool window. If DVWTool
connects with the CDM-VW300, the channel list on the DVWTool interface
becomes available and the button at lower left reads Disconnect as shown in
the following figure.
NOTE