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SMC-520 User Guide revision 1.3 SMC Ship Motion Control www.shipmotion.eu
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GENERAL INFORMATION CONFIGURATION SOFTWARE
Menu
Select to choose from the options: Detect Sensor, COM Port settings, Read settings, Firmware update
or to exit the software.
Help > About
Displays the SMC Instruments Configuration software version and contact details for SMC.
Menu button selections:
Detect Sensor
The software will search all the COM ports of the PC to find output data from a sensor, useful for a
PC with multiple COM ports from multiport serial cards.
COM Port settings
The COM port to which the sensor is attached.
If the COM port the sensor is connected to is known, this option allows a quicker connection setup to
the sensor.
Read settings
The software will read or re-read the sensor settings.
Firmware update
The sensor firmware can be updated from the configuration software. The update is done over
RS232 serial communication and should only be updated with guidance from SMC.