Making A Serial Connection - Wavetronix SmartSensor HD User Manual

Note. You may
need a USB to serial
adapter to connect
to your computer.
Note. If you are
unsure of your port or
speed, use Search and
it will cycle through
all available COM
ports or baud rates.
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Making a serial connection

1 Click the serial connector icon on the Connect button of the main
screen.
2 From the Port drop-down, choose the COM port on your computer
that the sensor is plugged into.
3 From the Speed drop-down, choose 9600 bps (the default rate for
the SmartSensor HD), unless you have previously changed the baud
rate of the sensor.
4 Click Connect.
Advanced serial connection settings
Flow Control – This should be set to None. You would want to
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change this to Hardware if you're connecting through a device that
uses RS-232 hardware handshaking (some older devices require flow
control handshaking because they cannot keep up with the data rates
of higher-performance devices).
Timeout – This is how long the software tries to connect to the
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sensor before it gives up. You can increase this time if you're having
trouble connecting to the sensor.
Installation Type – If there is only one sensor on the bus, leave this
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set to Isolated Sensor. If your connection can see several sensors
(they're all on a single bus, for example), set this to Multi-drop Net-
work and enter the sensor ID of the sensor you want to connect to.
Figure 34. Serial connection screen