Programming Meter Settings
6-15
August 2003
Changing Communications Settings (cont.)
3.
The next prompt asks you to select the communications
interface from two options: IrDA (Infrared Data Association)
and the IR232 virtual interface. You must use IrDA when
using an IR printer or transfer application such as QuickBeam,
or IR232 when using the GE Panametrics PanaView software.
Use the [
W
] and [
X
] keys to scroll to the desired selection,
and press
[ENTER]
.
Note:
For more information on loading software updates via
IrDA, see Chapter 8,
The Service Menu
, page 8-33.
4.
The program now asks for the baud rate. The default rate is
9600 bps.
a.
Press
[ENTER]
to open the drop-down menu.
b.
Use the [
T
] or [
S
] arrow keys to scroll to the desired rate,
from 300 to 115.2K bps.
c.
Press
[ENTER]
to confirm the entry.
5.
The next prompt asks for the parity from five options: None,
Mark, Space, Even or Odd. The default parity is None.
a.
Press
[ENTER]
to open the drop-down menu.
b.
Use the [
T
] or [
S
] arrow keys to scroll to the desired
parity.
c.
Press
[ENTER]
to confirm the entry.
6.
The next prompt asks you to select either one or two stop
bits.The default number is one. Use the [
W
] and [
X
] keys to
scroll to the desired number, and press
[ENTER]
.
7.
The final prompt asks you to select either seven or eight data
bits. The default number is 8. Use the [
W
] and [
X
] keys to
scroll to the desired number, and press
[ENTER]
.
