Connection and Overall Status Panel
The
Connection and Overall Status
panel, shown in figure 2, controls and
maintains the serial connection, and displays up-to-date connection status. It
has a pull down menu for choosing COM ports, a
Connect
button, and a text
field displaying connection status.
Figure 2. Connection and Overall Status Panel
The pull-down menu allows users to select COM ports (RS232 serial port) so that
the utility program knows where to connect to WiSER2400 radio unit. The pull-
down menu becomes inactive and inaccessible when the connection between
the WiSER2400 radio and the utility program is active.
After appropriate COM port is selected from the pull-down menu, click
Connect
button to have the utility program claim the COM port. If a COM port is
successfully claimed by the utility, the
Disconnect
will be displayed on the
button instead of
Connect
. Click
Disconnect
button to release the control of the
COM port from the utility program.
Warning
: When the COM port is claimed by the Utility program, it is not
guaranteed that the link between the WiSER2400 radio and the utility program is
established. The utility program simply takes control of a specific COM port which
can be connected to any device.
Note
: Other panels in the main window stay inactive unless a COM port is
claimed by the utility program.
The status text field displays connection status and all command information
moving back and forth between WiSER2400 utility program and the radio unit.
Radio Status Panel
The
Radio Status
Panel has two modes, STA mode and AP mode, shown in
figure 3.
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