Setting Up The Terminal Software; Checking The Gf868 Baud Rate - GE Panametrics GF868 Programming Manual

April 2004
Checking the GF868
Baud Rate
Setting Up the
Terminal Software
6-2
For successful serial communications, the GF868 and the personal
computer must be set up to send/receive data at the same speed. To
verify or change the baud rate setting of the GF868, proceed as
follows:
Access the User Program, by pressing the
keypad. The standard measurement mode screen will be replaced by
the following initial programming mode screen:
PROGRAM
PROGRAM
status
SETUP CLOCK COMM
COMM PROGRAM
PROGRAM
Comm port
BAUD RATE
current setting appears here
4800 9600 19200
The available rates are 300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600 and 19200
baud. After verifying or changing the baud rate setting, press the
key twice to return to standard measurement mode.
[EXIT]
Note: Refer to Chapter 1, Programming Site Data, for a detailed
description of using the
Specific instructions are given in this manual for communicating with
personal computers running under Windows 9X/NT operating
systems. Proceed to the next page for detailed setup procedures.
Note: For computers operating under other operating systems,
contact GE Panametrics for assistance or consult the
operating system manual supplied with the computer.
[PROG]
Start
Press the [←] and [→] keys and
the key to select the
[F3]
submenu.
SAVE
To change the baud rate, press
the [→] key until the desired
baud rate appears on the option
bar, and then press the
appropriate
[Fx]
submenu.
COMM
Serial Communications
key on the
COMM
function key.