M2 Antenna Systems RC2800PRKX2SU Manual page 5

M2 SETUP UTILITY INSTALLATION & OVERVIEW
MINIMUM COMPUTER REQUIREMENTS AND HARDWARE:
500 MHz Intel Pentium II or equivalent Computer (Preferably a Laptop)
256 MB of RAM / 1MB of Disk Space
Windows 98 / XP / Straight through DB9 RS232 Serial Cable
INSTALLING THE M2 SETUP UTILITY SOFTWARE:
Insert the CD into your CD-ROM drive. Follow the simple onscreen instructions. The software will walk you
through each step of the installation.
Start the M2 Setup Utility by double clicking the desktop Icon. To get familiar with your software take a moment to
look over the utility overview.
M2 SETUP UTILITY OVERVIEW:
Rotator Type: Set Azimuth to either (S--center) or (N
-center), Elevation to either (90°) or (180°).
Pulse Divisor: Sets the divide ratio if needed to
change from the defaults. This will require a cal-
ibration of the system if this is changed.
Set Heading: Used to manually set the heading to
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the current known physical location.
Auto Cal: Used to automatically calibrate the
heading by moving the positioner to either the CCW /
DWN or CW / UP limit switch location. Note: During
Auto Cal the positioner WILL bypass the electronic
limit to find either the CCW / DWN or CW / UP limit
switch.
Rotator Location / Port: Selects the COM port to
use for connection to the controller. Press the
CONNECT button to connect.
MOTOR SETTINGS:
Motor Timeout: If the controller does not sense that
the positioner has moved "1" degree in this time, an
Error (E1) will be generated.
Max Speed: The motor will ramp up to this speed
as its maximum. The speed is in 10% increments of PWM at 1.2 KHz.
Min Speed: The motor will start at, and ramp down to this speed. The Min speed MUST be set high enough to
keep the motor running to provide "1" degree motion with the MOTOR TIMEOUT value.
Ramp Time: The amount of time spent in each speed increment as it ramps up and down.
Rev Delay: The number of seconds that the controller will force between a reversal from the front panel.
Current Heading: This display is the result of the Poll command response. The heading values are sent from the
controller along with the Status and ID bytes.