MIU-1500 / CompuCount User’s Guide
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Appendix
Common Software Tools
The interface to the MIU-1500 was designed to meet common standards and be easy to use. You can use
common software that either comes with your operating system or can be purchased to diagnose common
problems and to communicate with the MIU-1500.
The primary means of obtaining the MIU-1500 reports is use a Web Browser and you download report files using
an FTP client.
The MIU-1500 has a command / response protocol that can be used with serial, radio and TCP/IP medias. For
TCP/IP you send simple text commands via port 1000 (default) and receive responses. The commands are used
to set up the MIU-1500 and to diagnose problems. You can use a communication program that has terminal
emulation to get familiar with the MIU-1500 commands and communications. Once you are familiar with the
commands, you can automate the communications using common development programming languages.
Here are some examples of common software:
Microsoft Windows
Internet Explorer
– used to view the reports and set up the MIU-1500
FTP
– command line utility that allows you download the report files
Third party FTP Clients
– commercial and shareware FTP client programs used to download the report
files
Ping
– simple program to test the TCP/IP connection.
Telnet
– simple program to send commands and see responses via TCP/IP. Note: MIU-1500 uses port
1000 as default.
Winipcfg
– utility that shows the computer‟s IP address.
Ipconfig
– utility that shows the computer‟s IP address (DOS program).
HyperTerminal
– provides terminal emulation program to communicate via TCP/IP, and serial port. Note:
HyperTerminal can answer calls via TCP/IP but does not work very well with the MIU-1500 in this mode
because HyperTerminal echoes characters it receives.
Procomm
– third party program from Symantec – provides terminal emulation to communicate via TCP/IP
and serial port.
Other Operating Systems
Web Browser
– used to view the reports and set up the MIU-1500
FTP
– command line utility that allows you download the report files
Third party FTP Clients
– commercial and shareware FTP client programs used to download the report
files
Ping
– simple program to test the TCP/IP connection.
Telnet
– simple program to send commands and see responses via TCP/IP. Note: MIU-1500 uses port
1000 as default.