Rice Lake Legend 480-2A, Technical Manual

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5.0 Revolution
The Revolution
®
utility provides a suite of functions used to support configuration, calibration, customization and
backup of the 480 software.
Calibration values and scale configuration can both be saved and restored to the 480 using Revolution.
Hardware and Software Requirements
• Minimum system requirements: 166 MHz, x 86-compatible, with 32MB RAM (64MB for NT4/2000/XP),
40MB disk space
• Recommended system: 233 MHz, x 86-compatible or greater, with 64MB RAM, 300 MB disk space
Revolution runs on most Windows
®
operating systems, including Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 SP1, Windows
8.1 and Windows 10 (both 32 bit and 64 bit architectures are supported).
System requirements to run Revolution are as follows:
• 1 GHz CPU (x86-32 bit or x86-64 bit)
• 512 MB RAM
• 850 MB disk space (32 bit) or 2 GB disk space (64 bit)
5.1 Connecting to the Indicator
Connect the PC serial port to com 1 of the 480 , then click
Connect
in the toolbar. Revolution attempts to establish
communications to the indicator. If communications settings need to be adjusted, select
Options…
from the Tools
menu.
Downloading to the Indicator
The
Download Configuration
function on the Revolution Communications menu allows a Revolution configuration
file (with or without scale calibration data) or ticket formats to be downloaded to a connected indicator in
configuration mode.
The
Download Section
function on the Communications menu allows the download of only the currently displayed
object, such as a scale configuration.
Because less data is transferred using the
Download Section
, it is typically faster than a full configuration download,
but there is an increased possibility that the download may fail due to dependencies on other objects. If the
download fails, try performing a complete download using the
Download Configuration
function
.
Uploading Configuration to Revolution
The
Upload Configuration
function on the Revolution Communications menu allows the existing configuration of a
connected indicator to be saved to a file on the PC. Once saved, the configuration file provides a backup that can be
quickly restored to the indicator if needed. Alternatively, the file can be edited within
Revolution and downloaded
back to the indicator.
5.2 Saving and Transferring Data
Revolution has a module to save and transfer data. It is the preferred method over using ProComm or Hyper
Terminal.
5.2.1Saving Indicator Data to a Personal Computer
Configuration data can be saved to a computer connected to the selected port. The PC must be running a
communications program such as PROCOMMPLUS
®
.
When configuring the indicator, ensure that the values set for the baud and bits parameters on the serial menu
match the baud rate, bits and parity settings configured for the serial port on the PC.
To save all configuration data, first put the communications program into data capture mode, then place the
indicator in configuration mode and send the DUMPALL command to the indicator. The 480 responds by sending
all configuration parameters to the PC as ASCII-formatted text.
5.2.2 Downloading Configuration Data from PC to Indicator
Configuration data saved on a PC or disc can be downloaded from the PC to an indicator. This procedure is useful
when a number of indicators with similar configurations are set up or when an indicator is replaced.
Note