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Chapter 3 – Operating the Control Boxes
The USB I/O control boxes are supplied along with API programming objects (DLL files)
to allow them to be easily controlled by most common lab test software (See Chapter 7 of
the PTE Programming handbook for details) and with a Windows GUI program to
transmit or receive data manually.
To start the program
go to the Start menu
and select All
Programs>MiniCircuits USB_To_IO (default), or go to the other destination address you
selected during installation (section
2.2.5
). The “MiniCircuits USB_To_IO” icon should be
waiting there for you. Click on it and get started!
3.1
Starting the GUI program
3.1.1
If no control box is connected to
the computer, or there is a problem
with the data connection the program will open with no unit listed in the Model name and
S/N fields.
Figure 3.1.1:
Device not found!
3.1.2
If multiple units are connected to
the computer, the initial screen will
show a list of S/N for connected units. Select the unit you wish to start with and click OK,
or click Cancel to exit the program. The program can handle up to 24 units connected
simultaneously.
Figure 3.1.2:
Unit selection screen
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