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Appendix C:
Serial Communication using Microsoft
®
Windows
™
“Terminal”
To prepare meter and computer for
serial communication:
Turn on your meter.
1. Connect the meter to the serial port on your
PC using the Interface Cable (part no. 634-
493-404).
2. Start Windows on your PC.
Windows “Terminal” is located in the
Accessories group.
3. Open
“Terminal.”
4. From the Settings menu, choose
Communications.
5. In the Communications window, you must
verify the following parameters:
Baud
Rate 1200
Data
Bits
8
Stop
Bits
1
Parity
None
Flow
Control None
Connector
Select the communications
port to which the meter
isconnected
6. Choose
the
OK
key.
7. From the Settings menu, choose
Terminal
Preferences
.
8. In the Terminal Preferences window, you
must:
8a. Verify that there is no X in the local Echo
box.
8b. Set the Buffer Lines to 399.
9. Choose
the
OK
key.
To download memory from a meter to
“Terminal”:
There are two ways to download the memory
contents from an Alnor meter to a terminal. For
both methods, make certain that the serial port is
enabled and the
CAPS LOCK
key is activated.
First method:
At the terminal, type in
GEE1
then press the
ENTER
key. Notice: keep typing the
G
until it
reappears on the terminal screen, then continue
typing
EE1
.
Second method:
At the terminal and after following the steps under
“To prepare meter and computer for serial
communication:”
Select “SETTINGS”
Select “TERMINAL PREFERENCES”
In the box titled “CR—>CR/LF”, select
“inbound”
Now at the meter:
Press the “
MENU
/
↓
” key
Keep pressing the “
MENU
/
↑
” key until
“Prnt” appears
Press the “
UNIT
/
↵
” key to begin
downloading.
After all data is received:
The meter displays “Prnt”
Momentarily press the “
ON/OFF
” key to
return to the “
RUN
” mode.
To export data from “Terminal” to
another Windows application:
After downloading memory from the meter to
“Terminal,” you may want to transfer the data
from “Terminal” to another Windows application,
such as Microsoft Word, to be able to reformat or
manipulate the data further.
1. From the Edit menu, choose
Select All
.
2. From the Edit menu, choose
Copy
.
All of your data has now been transferred and
copied to the Clipboard. It is ready to paste
into any Windows application.
3. Open the application in which the data is to be
transferred, i.e., Microsoft Word.
4. From the Edit menu, select
Paste
.
The downloaded data will now appear in the
application. Now you are able to save the data.
5. From the File menu, choose
Save As
.
