Installing The Falcom Workbench Software And Start Evaluation - FALCOM FOX3-2G Series Getting Started

FOX3-2G/3G/4G/-4G-PROMOTION-KIT Getting Started
3.1.4

Installing the FALCOM Workbench software and start evaluation

System requirements for Workbench software
(a) PC with 700 megahertz or higher processor Intel Pentium II or compatible processor recommended,
(b) 512 megabytes (MB) of RAM or higher recommended (512MB minimum supported; may limit
performance and some features),
(c) 90 megabytes (MB) of available hard disk space (recommended 2 gigabytes),
(d) Keyboard and Mouse.
To be able to test your device with factory preloaded configuration or to change this configuration, you
need to install the Workbench evaluation software. Go to the link below and download it:
http://www.falcom.de/support/software-tools/falcom-workbench/.
An install shield will guide you through the installation. An integrated online help can be found after the
installation completes.
Figure 9:
1. After completing the installation, start the Workbench.exe by double-clicking on it. Open a new COM
Port from the Toolbar (1), on the COM Port view
connected (go to Device Manager > Ports > USB Serial Port (COMxx), where xx is the COM port to use),
define the port settings (115200 bps, 8 Data bits, No Parity bit, 1 Stop bit, None Flow control) and
finally, click the connect (play) icon
HTML format if you click "Help" button on the upper-right corner.
2. Open a new Console from the Toolbar (3), click on the Console1 (4), then go to Connection view and
click on COMPort (5).
3. Open a new Editor from the Toolbar (6), click on the Editor1 (7), then go to Connection view and click
on Console1 (8).
4. To send commands to the FOX3-2G/3G/4G device, type them on the Editor
sending configuration
individually.
5. To see all events generated by the FOX3-2G/3G/4G device, either open a new console "Console2" or
on the Console1 (4), click "Add" (11), type the text "GPEVENT" on input field (12), finally click the
button (13 )"Filter incoming". A description how to operate with the Control-Box is given in chapter 4.
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FALCOM Workbench software.
(2.1) to open that COM Port. You can also get an online help in
(10) or double click with left mouse each configuration line on the Editor
(2)
choose the Port where FOX3-2G/3G/4G is
(9)
Version 1.0.7
and then click on Start
(9)
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