Gui Installation - AVCOM PSA-2500C User Manual

4. GUI INSTALLATION

4.1 INSTALLATION. The Avcom GUI should begin to install automatically from the installation disc provided
with the spectrum analyzer. If not, install the GUI from the "Run" command on your Start menu; the install
file is named "AvcomStdGuiXXXFull.exe" where "XXX" denotes the GUI version. The GUI will install by
default to the user's folder.
**NOTE** Some operating system's security policies will change the GUI's support file attributes to READ
ONLY. One possible solution is to install and run the GUI as a user with administrator privileges. Another is to
set the /Program Files/Avcom of Virginia/ folder permission for all users to "Full Control" in the Security tab. If
you experience problems installing the GUI or modifying GUI menus, or contact your IT department.
If you have problems saving Spectrum Analyzer List profiles or other GUI parameters then you need to run the
GUI as a user with administrator privileges. Alternatively, if there are problems with the GUI storing SA List or
other parameters then Windows users can set the /Program Files/Avcom of Virginia/ folder permission for all
users to Full Control in the Security tab.
USB: If you use an analyzer with a USB port you will need to install either the FTDI USB Virtual COM Port
(VCP) or D2XX(dll library) driver from http://www.ftdichip.com/FTDrivers.htm. Both now install what is called
a CDM driver that supports both VCP and DLL methods.
Once you have installed the driver and plugged the analyzer to a USB port on the PC, find the Com port the USB
is emulating by going to My Computer>Properties>Hardware>Device Manager>Ports and finding the "USB
SERIAL DEVICE" and the COM# assigned to it. The COM# will be the value used in CFG>Spectrum Analyzer
List for your USB connected analyzer.
4.2 GUI START-UP. Run GUI by going to Start>Programs>AVCOM>AVCOM GUI vX.X.
4.3 RUNNING THE GUI
If the SA is connected to the PC serial port 1 then select "COM1" in the Spectrum Analyzer List and then
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select Run to connect.
If using a direct ethernet connection via crossover cable AND you have just received the SA from
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AVCOM then the SA's IP is 192.168.118.242 and port is 26482. Set the PC's network adapter's IP to
192.168.118.xxx (anything other than 242) and select "LAN Default" in the SA List, then select Run to
connect.
If you are unsure of the SA's IP and/or port parameters then see section 5 for configuring the analyzer's
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ethernet connection and section 6 for creating a new item for the analyzer in the SA List.
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