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6. 8020-59 WINDOWS APPLICATION
All of the commands described in the Command Line Interface Section 5.1 of this manual are
included in a simple Windows program designed to set up, control and monitor the 8020-59.
This software is provided as a convenient way to set and store the various parameters associated
with each transducer, and to monitor the digits and temperature output of each transducer. All
settings such as communications parameters, channel enable, individual transducer type, upper
limits (digits), lower limits (digits), and transducer model are set using a simple and intuitive
user interface.
6.1 Software Installation
Included with the Model 8020-59 VW to Analog Converter is a CD-ROM containing the 8020-
59 application. For more details about installing and configuring the application, please see
Section 2.
6.2 Starting the 8020-59 Application
To start the 8020-59 application, select Start/Programs/8020_59/8020_59. This brings up the
Startup dialog (see Figure 9).
From the Startup dialog, the major functions (Mode, Communications, and Calibration) of the
8020-59 can be accessed. Click Com Setup to select the Com Port that the 8020-59 is connected
to (see Section 2.1 and Figure 10).
After the communication port that the 8020-59 is attached to is selected, click Save/Apply to
return to the Startup dialog. The communication port selected will be saved to a configuration
file and will not need to be set again unless the communication port changes.
6.3 Communications Timeout Error
If communications to the 8020-59 are interrupted for any reason, after approximately 15 seconds
an error message will be displayed with a descriptive error status message in bold font (see
Figure 16).
Figure 16 - Communication Timeout Warning Message
NOTE: In Single Channel Mode, the ENABLE line may indeed be active although the PC
should still be able to communicate with 8020-59 VW to Analog Converter.
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