INSTALLATION and OPERATION. SAVE FOR FUTURE REFERENCE. Thank you for choosing a GSI Vision Series grain dryer. These units are among the finest grain dryers ever built; designed to give you excellent operating performance and reliable service for many years.
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SAFETY DECALS The GSI Group, Inc. recommends contacting your local power company, and having a representative survey your installation so the wiring is compatible with their system, and adequate power is supplied to your unit. Safety decals should be read and understood by all people in the grain handling area.
· Windows · 4 megs of hard disk space You will need the one of the following items in order to link your PC and your GSI grain dryer: Setup 1 Direct connect to a dryer (PC to dryer distance is less than 600')
1 - Dryer cable adaptor. (Part No. D01-1771V-07) Installation CD ROM. This owners manual. Connect your cables to your dryer and your computer as illustrated below 1.3. Technical Support Technical Support This Watchdog User’s Guide are designed to address the majority of user’s questions. Pneg-1588 Vision Watchdog...
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Is the Grain dryer getting power and has the Start Dryer button been pressed? In order for Watchdog to be able to communicate with your GSI grain dryer, you need to make sure that the control power is on for the computer and that you have pressed the START DRYER button to initialize the computer software.
System Status At the bottom of the screen is the System Status section of the program. The system status bar provides allows you to select between simulation functions of the Watchdog or connecting to a remote dryer. Pneg-1588 Vision Watchdog...
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Now you will need to set up your Watchdog so it will know which serial port to use to communicate to your dryer. Click on the button to open the communications setup panel. Pneg-1588 Vision Watchdog...
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2.2. Dial up Dryer Connect to Dryer via MODEM if you have a modem connected to the dryer with a separate phone number. You will also have to add the phone number of the dryer in the box provided. Pneg-1588 Vision Watchdog...
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When you have selected the correct Communication Port, you should now be able connect to the dryer using a serial cable by selecting button. Note: You can only use this option if you have a serial cable connected between your computer and the dryer. Pneg-1588 Vision Watchdog...
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After you have successfully connected to the dryer you will get a screen that looks like this. Click OK on this screen to close it and the connecting screen. If the computer is unable to communicate with the modem, you will get a error message like this. Pneg-1588 Vision Watchdog...
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After a successful connection, the picture shown on the left hand side of the Watchdog screen shows the status of dryer by displaying the temperatures, moisture in, moisture out, unload rate and more. Notice the phone on the screen in the upper right hand corner, this indicates that the communcations between your PC and dryer are currently active. Pneg-1588 Vision Watchdog...
IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE PRODUCT PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION. IN NO EVENT WILL GSI, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY HAVE DISTRIBUTED THE PRODUCT AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL...
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