OPERATION
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OPTIWAVE 1010
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6.1 Software configuration
6.1.1 General notes
This section gives the procedures to change, save, send and receive settings with PACTware
™
.
Before the program can send data to and receive data from the device, it is necessary to add
elements to a project structure. The project structure is built in the Project window. The Project
window is on the left side of the PACTware
™
window.
This procedure will open the communication port, but does not start the communication with the
device. For more data; refer to
Procedure on page 41.
6.1.2 Procedure
•
HOST PC is shown in the Project window. Go to the main toolbar and click on the View menu
button. Click on "Device catalog F3" to open the Device Catalog pane.
•
Double click on
“
HART Communication
”
in the Device Catalog window. The "COMx" element is
added below "HOST PC
”
in the project structure.
•
Click on "OK" to save changes or "Cancel" to cancel the new configuration.
•
Double click on the "OPTIWAVE 1010" item in the Device Catalog window. This step will add the
device DTM to the project structure in the Project pane.
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The software is correctly configured for device communication, but the port is not open and
the device cannot communicate with the software at this time.
•
(a) Double click on the "OPTIWAVE 1010" element in the project structure (Project window), or
(b) Right click on "OPTIWAVE 1010" element in the project structure (Project window) and
select "Parameter" in the drop-down list box.
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This step will open the OPTIWAVE 1010 Parameter (configuration) window.
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Right click on the "OPTIWAVE 1010" element in the Project window and select "Connect" in the
drop-down list box.
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End of the procedure.
INFORMATION!
This procedure will open the communication port, but DOES NOT start the communication with
the device.
