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screwdriver. Screw the enclosed threaded pin with isolation knob into the
anti-condensation plate. Place the anti-condensation plate on the block and
screw the threaded pin in deeper so that it takes hold of the bolt of the sys-
tem and with that tightly attaches block and anti-condensation to the system.
Data transfer
A USB 1.1. interface for the communication with a PC is provided as a stand-
ard. Connect the system via the USB-port on the left side with a USB-cable to
your PC. If this is not available at your computer, install the suitable USB-
driver. You will find it under www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm. These USB-
drivers generate a new virtual COM-interface in your PC. The chip in the Smart
Control is called FT232B.
Access process data via USB
Start a terminal program (e.g. Hyper terminal) on your PC. This program you
will find under Windows in "Programs" / "Accessories" / "Communication".
The window "Hyper Terminal" is opened. Proceed systematically, please note
that for the connection setting for "Bits per second" 115200 is selected. Select
at "Transfer": "Record Text", enter the location and define the file name as
.txt Start the Hyper Terminal and the process. Every minute, the following
data are recorded in text format and separated by comma in the form shown
on the right.
Since the data are separated by commas, you can easily create an Excel file
and generate one or more curves from that. If you open the text file you se-
lected for saving, you can see the complete process.
