Data Exchange; Connecting A Printer Or A Pc; Activation Of Serial Communication - GE Krautkramer USM 35X Operator's Manual

Interfaces and Peripherals

8.5 Data exchange

The USM 35X is equipped with the serial interface
RS 232 for bi-directional data communication with a PC.
When you connect the instrument with a PC you can:
• remote control the instrument via the PC,
• transfer A-scans for documentation,
• transfer instrument settings in ASCII format,
• transfer reports from stored datasets,
• transfers Datalogger jobs in ASCII format (option)
• read and write datasets in binary format.

Connecting a printer or a PC

You can connect the USM 35X to a printer or a PC
using the special Krautkramer cables:
PC: UD 20 (25-way) or UD 31 (9-way)
Printer: UD 31 (Seiko DPU) or UD 32 (Epson)
Please refer to chapter 2 .
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Activation of serial communication

After connecting the instrument to the PC you must
run a software that opens the serial port. This can ei-
ther be a commercial terminal program (e.g. Microsoft
Hyper Terminal) or a customised program like
UltraDOC. Make sure that the serial communication
parameters on the PC are identical to those of the
instrument.
The data transmission parameters are as follows:
Baud rate:
Word length: 8 data bits (fixed)
Parity:
Stop bits:
The baud rate can be set in the function BAUD-R in
the menu CFG1 from the third operating level.
The settings on the USM 35X apply to most of the
printers and PCs. To ensure a perfect communication,
please check the settings of the connected peripherals
and adjust them to the parameters of the USM 35X.
Issue 01, 04/2005
0 (no transmission), 300, 600, 1200,
2400, 4800, 9600 (default), 19200,
38400, and 57600
none (fixed)
2 (fixed)
Krautkramer USM 35X
Data exchange