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Operation Manual HORIBA APDA-371
Particulate Monitor
Date:
April, 2010
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2. Open HyperTerminal. (Usually located in the Programs\Accessories\Communications directory). The program will
ask you to type a name for the connection. Type “APDA-371” or a name of your choice, then click “OK”.
3. The “Connect To” window will open. Select COM1 (or another port if used) from the drop-down menu in the
“Connect using:” field. Click “OK”. Note: You could also set up the program to dial the APDA through a modem in
this window.
4. The “COM1 Properties” window will open. Set the following values in the drop-down menus, then click “Apply” and
“OK”.
Bits per second:
9600
Data bits:
8
Parity:
None
Stop bits:
1
Flow control:
None
5. The main HyperTerminal connection window should now be open. Press the ENTER key three times. The window
should respond with an asterisk (*) indicating that the program has established communication with the APDA-371.
6. Once communication is established, press the h key. This should cause the APDA-371 System Menu to appear on
the window as shown below. You can now send any of the characters in the menu to retrieve the desired files. The
menu options are described in the following sections.
7. HyperTerminal will only display 100 lines of data in the window. To capture larger files (such as All Data), first select
Transfer > Capture Text from the drop-down menu. Select a location for the file, then click the “Start” button.
Retrieve the desired files, and HyperTerminal will automatically store them to the text file.
8. When you exit HyperTerminal, it will ask if you want to save your connection. Click “Yes” and a file named APDA-
371.ht will be created in the HyperTerminal folder, which will have all of the settings saved. Use this for future
communications with the APDA.
Terminal Window showing APDA-371 menu
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9.4
System Menu File Descriptions
Once a serial connection between the computer and the APDA-371 has been established as shown above, you will
have access to the main APDA-371 System Menu. Each number 0-9 represents a different data file you can download
from the unit. Each file is described below. To get the desired file, simply press the appropriate number on your
keyboard. Note: After a few minutes, the APDA will stop waiting for a command and you will have to send another “h”
to reestablish the connection.