Operation
MetPak II User Manual
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Gill Instruments Ltd
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20 August, 2010
3.2.1
Configuring MetPak II using HyperTerminal
NOTE.
This section describes the procedure using Windows HyperTerminal. There
are many equivalent terminal emulators that you could use and the procedure will
be similar: identify the COM port for the connection and configure the port settings
as described in step 6.
Setting Up HyperTerminal
To configure MetPak II using HyperTerminal:
1.
Select an available Com port and connect the MetPak II unit.
2.
Run
Hypertrm.exe
(Typically accessed via
Start | All Programs | Accessories | Communications | Hyperterminal).
3.
Select
New Connection
from the
File
menu.
4.
Enter a name for the connection, for example
MetPak II
and, optionally,
select an icon to represent it. Click on the
OK
button.
5.
In the
Connect To
dialog box, change
Connect Using
to
COMX
(where
X
is
the number of the selected COM port). Click on the
OK
button.
6.
In the
COMX Properties
dialog box, adjust the
Port
settings
to match the
MetPak II unit’s settings. The default settings are :
Bits per second 19200
Data bits
8
Parity
None
Stop bits
1
Flow Control
None
7.
Click on the
OK
button.
Message Reporting
MetPack II has two reporting modes:
Continuous mode
In continuous mode (the default) Metpack II reports continuously. So, if you have
set up the connection correctly, you should now see data strings scrolling across
the HyperTerminal window. For example:
Q,113,000.07,1019.4,035.1,+024.7,+008.3,+04.9,00, 5F
Polled mode
If the unit has been set to polled mode (see MSGMODE command in Table 9),
type ?Q (where Q is the unit node letter) to prompt one line of the data string.
Entering MetPak II’s setup mode
To enter the unit’s setup mode:
If the unit is in continuous reporting mode, type *.
If the unit is in polled mode, type *Q (where Q is the unit node letter).
The MetPak II unit stops reporting sensor measurements and reporting (if in
continuous mode) and responds with the following message:
SETUP MODE
The unit is now ready to receive configuration commands.
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