Chapter 4 ________________________________________________________________ Operation
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Opening a Serial/USB Connection
1.
Power up the transmitter and start the PuTTY application.
2.
Select the Serial & USB settings category, and check that the
correct COM port is selected in the
Serial or USB line to connect
to
field. Change the port if necessary.
If you are using a Vaisala USB cable, you can check the port that it
uses by clicking the
USB Finder...
button. This opens the
Vaisala
USB Instrument Finder
program that has been installed along with
the USB drivers.
3.
Check that the other serial/USB line settings are correct for your
connection, and change if necessary. The default settings (shown in
Figure 1) are used by the Service Port of the transmitter.
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Figure 55
Opening a Serial Connection
4. Click
the
Open
button to open the connection window and start
using the serial line.
If PuTTY is unable to open the serial port you selected, it will show
you an error message instead. If this happens, restart PuTTY and
check the settings.