DCT Antares SB, User Manual

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3.14. ANTARES CONFIGURATION TOOL (ACT)
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RTXNew firmware installed!. Running version: Antares GPS 5.21
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Meaning that the upgrade process ended ok.
For detailed information see the
XAFU
message.
3.13.2 Upgrading locally
This upgrade is done trough the unit’s serial port, with a terminal software
like Windows
TM
’ Hyperterminal
TM
. A .hez file containing the firmware is
required.
For the firmware file and instructions contact Digital Communi-
cations Technologies
TM
.
Note:
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3.14 Antares Configuration Tool (ACT)
This free software tool was originally created for configuring Antares units
from the 3 and 4 firmware versions. It is compatible with firmware 5 also
but some new features of the unit are not available on the software. The
use of this tools is recommended for the creation and writing of configura-
tion scripts on which a complete configuration for the
Antares SB
TM
can be
created or read.
The software uses a command-answer mechanism and a retry-timeout mech-
anism that is suitable for communicating with the unit’s TAIP console.
Another feature of the software apart from its communication mechanism
and script managing is the aid on the creation of regions. As you can learn
with the
GR
message and on the Using Regions section of the Configuration
chapter creating polygonal regions requires several rules to be followed in
order for the unit to be able of analyze the region. ACT eases the task by
converting a user polygon to the rules and format the unit needs.
For more information on creating, reading and writing scripts refer to the
Using Scripts section of the Configuration chapter.
For more information on using ACT for regions refer to the Using Regions
section on the Configuration chapter.
The Antares Configuration Tool software can be downloaded for free from:
http://www.digitalcomtech.com
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