Creating A Program - Worth Data TriCoder t53 User Manual

avoids using them. See Chapter 8; Creating custom programs for details
on YES/NEXT and NO/END.

Creating a program

We recommend reading Chapter 8; Creating Custom Programs to
become familiar with all of the programming features before you try to
create programs using the Virtual TriCoder Utility. After you are familiar
with the program features, creating a program using the TriCoder
Programming Utility screen is easy if you follow these simple steps:
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Choose the type of statement you want to create for statement #1.
Click on the tab that corresponds to the type of statement you want to
create. Each tab displays a screen with all of the required data for each
type of statement. Fill in the data for the desired statement, then click on
Update Statement. To add another statement, click on Insert. For details
on each statement type and all program prompts, see Chapter 8;
Creating custom programs.
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Continue to add statements until you have created your entire
program.
After adding a new statement, click on Next to advance to the new
statement. As in Step 1, choose the statement type, then enter the
necessary data. Decide which statetment number you want to
begin data collection with and specify that in the Start Statement
box. Remember that if you choose a statement other than #1 for
your Start Statement, you may have partial records if you resume
data collection without uploading and deleting the current data file.
When you have added all the statements you want for your
program, it is time to test your program using the Virtual TriCoder.
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Test your program using the Virtual TriCoder.
After you have completed your program, click on the Virtual
TriCoder button to run the Virtual TriCoder to test your program.
Use this utility to make sure your program flows correctly and is
prompting your operator for the correct information.
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Upload your program to the TriCoder.
Click on the Upload to TriCoder button to transmit the program to
your TriCoder. Programs can only be transmitted via serial port so
your TriCoder must be configured as a serial unit. Be sure to start
the Receiving program on the TriCoder before you begin
transmitting the program from the Virtual TriCoder Utility. Click
on File,
The on-line help system of the Virtual TriCoder Utility goes into detail on
all features. Use the Windows TriCoder Utility to download programs from
the TriCoder to the host (see Chapter 10; Transmitting and Receiving
programs ), then edit and upload them using the Virtual TriCoder Utility.
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