Decagon Devices AquaLab 4TE Operator's Manual page 75

• At the prompt, choose a name for this program (AquaLab is a
good one) and choose an arbitrary icon above to represent it. In
future downloads, you will be able to click on this icon in have it
already set up for you to download. Click the OK button.
• A pop-up menu labeled "Connect To" will appear. Click on the
scroll bar on the bottom of the screen labeled "Connect Using"
and select the COM Port your RS-232 cable is connected to.
• A pop-up menu labeled " COM Properties" will appear, showing
the port settings for the COM port you selected. Make sure the
settings are the following: Bits per second, 9600; 8 databits, no
parity, 1 stop bit, and flow control set to "none". Click OK.
• Plug your RS-232 cable to the COM port you selected and con-
nect it to your AquaLab. Begin sampling. AquaLab's data will be
displayed on screen as it samples.
• When you are finished sampling, you can print the data in the
terminal session, or cut and paste it to a spreadsheet or text
editor. To save the data, go into the Transfers menu and select
"Capture text," and designate where it should be saved.
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