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The 6 -­‐digit s erial n umbers o f a ll y our O PN2002s w ill h ave t o a dded a t ' Tools > O ptions >
Polling a nd T iming > T erminals t o P oll'.
Screenshot of Polling and Timing settings with a list of OPN2002 serial numbers
When u sing t he C RD2000, d on't c onfigure a P oll S peed f aster t han 0 ,5s b ecause o nce a n
OPN2002 i s c ommunicating t o t he h ost, t he o ther O PN2002s w ill b e t emporarily m uted f or
250ms b y t he C RD2000 t o a void d ata c ollisions. F or t his r eason a n O PN2002 r esponds t o a
poll a fter a r andom t ime r anging b etween 2 80ms a nd 4 80ms.
9.3 Using t he m ini-­‐USB c able
When u sing U SB-­‐VCP a nd t he m ini-­‐USB c able t o r etrieve y our d ata f rom t he O PN, t he
RS232 c onfiguration o f N etO32 i s l imited t o s electing t he c orrect C OM-­‐port o f y our O PN i n
the R S232 c onfiguration w indow o f N etO32.
However, w hen u sing t he m ini-­‐USB c able i t's n ot p ossible t o k eep N etO32 r unning i n t he
background d ue t o t he f act t hat t he U SB C OM-­‐port w on't b e p resent o n y our s ystem u ntil
you've p hysically c onnected y our O PN t o y our U SB p ort. A lso i t's n ot r ecommended t o
disconnect o r t o r econnect y our O PN w ithout h aving s topped t he N etO-­‐protocol f irst.
For t hese r easons i t's e asiest t o p lace a N etO32 c onfiguration f ile o n y our d esktop t hat
downloads t he d ata f rom t he O PN o nce a nd t hen i mmediately c loses a gain. T his c an b e
done b y s electing t he f ollowing 3 o ptions i n N etO32.
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