AMI Analyzer Manual
Short-form Installation Procedure
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Laptop set up procedure:
1. Make sure the laptop has the FTDI driver installed.
a.
Windows 7 will probably find the driver by itself, but XP probably won’t.
b. Run the program called CDM20824_Setup.exe which is either in the AMI CD, or can be
downloaded from the FTDIchips.com site.
2. Install the AMI program if you haven’t done so already.
3. Run the program.
4. On the User Interface screen, at the top, click the “Port” button. Note the ports listed.
5.
Make sure the analyzer is powered up
, and connect the USB cable to it.
a.
If you connect the cable without power to the analyzer, the port won’t appear.
6. On the User Interface screen, at the top, click the “Port” button again, and you should see an
additional port. Select this port.
7. Let the program figure out how to talk to the analyzer, and watch it load up all the boxes with
numbers or words.
8. If you want to name the analyzer, click on the “User ID:” box. A dialog box will come up, asking for a
password. Use “AMI” (in capitals) as the password, and then write in up to 12 characters as a name
for the analyzer.
9. Set up the output range, that is the range used by the analog output and the alarms to scale the
output for your monitoring device.
10. Make sure the security settings are the way you want them.
11. Go through the analog output calibration procedure if desired.
12. Set up the alarms to work as you desire – see the alarm section below for details.
13. If you are installing the sensor, click on the New Sensor button and write in the serial number.
14. Check the analyzer date and time is correct (we set it up for Pacific Standard time, which may not be
correct for you). You can send the computer time to the analyzer by clicking the Set Analyzer Time
button.
15. Clear the stored data by clicking the “Clear Data” button in the DATALOG section on the right.
The following sections describe each of the above sections in more detail.
