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BMS001 and BMS002 Stepper Motor Controller
4) Enter a 6 digit serial number.
Note. Each physical APT hardware unit is factory programmed with a unique 8 digit
serial number. In order to simulate a set of ‘real’ hardware the Config utility allows an
8 digit serial number to be associated with each simulated unit. It is good practice when
creating simulated configurations for software development purposes to use the same
serial numbers as any real hardware units that will be used. Although serial numbers are
8 digits (as displayed in the ‘Load Configuration Details’ window, the first two digits
are added automatically and identify the type of control unit.
The prefixed digits relating to the miniAPT Stepper driver are:
25xxxxxx - Benchtop miniAPT Dual Channel Stepper Motor Control Unit
35xxxxxx - Benchtop miniAPT Single Channel Stepper Motor Control
This means that the system would allow the user to annotate the same base serial number
to different types of control unit and could still differentiate between the them.
5) Click the 'Add' button.
6) Repeat items (1) to (3) as required. (A unit can be removed from the configuration
by selecting it in the 'Loaded Configuration Details' window and clicking the
'Remove' button or by right clicking it and selecting the 'Remove' option from the
pop up window).
7) Enter a name into the 'Configuration Names' field.
8) Click 'Save'.
9) Click 'Set As Current' to use the configuration.
