APAR AR20 Series Quick Start

Quick start AR20x, AR40x, AR654
CAUTION: Programming via USB is possible
in Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10. Drivers must
be installed beforehand.
A. ARsoft-CFG installation
The ARSoft-CFG is used for online viewing of measurements and for setting
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device parameters. The program installer also includes Windows drivers and
installs a system certificate for the drivers.
The ARSoft-CFG installation program can be found on the CD in "Software"
folder and the latest version of the program can be downloaded from our
website:
http://www.apar.pl/en/download/software
Start the installation program and follow the instructions displayed on screen.
B. USB driver installation
Connect the device to your computer using the supplied USB cable
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Windows will detect new devices - storage and virtual COM port - and start
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installing the drivers.
Storage will be installed automatically, but when you install the COM port
on other then Windows 10 system, you will need to manually indicate the
location of the drivers on the CD: "/DRIVERS/AR2xx-AR4xx"or the ARsoft
default data folder:
- „C:\Program Files (x86)\ARSoft\CFG\Drivers" for 64-bit systems
- „C:\Program Files\ARSoft\CFG\Drivers" for 32-bit systems
UCAUTION: Selecting automatic installation of the COM port drives
may cause lack of communication with the device!
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4 If the system displays a message saying that it is impossible to verify the
driver's publisher, it means that APAR certificate is not installed in Windows
(see section 1). On Windows XP/Vista/7 you can select the following option
to continue: "Install the driver anyway".
In this case, in Windows 8/10 systems, it is necessary to either reinstall the
ARsoft-CFG program or disable the driver signature enforcement system.
If the drivers have been installed correctly in the Windows Device Manager
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another item will appear under the COM and LPT ports branch:
- CDC USB to UART (COMx) for AR200/205/206/406
- USB Serial Port (COMx) for AR207/407/654
where x is the number of the assigned virtual COM port
In case of incorrect installation, please find the APAR USB DEVICE or APAR
COMPOSITE DEVICE the Device Manager the device marked with an
exclamation point and update the drivers.
C. Configuration of the device using CFG-ARSoft
Start ARsoft-CFG, select "Add Configuration" window, enter a unique name
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for the device and select the type of device you wish to connect along with
the connection type.
Depending on the selected connection, select one of the following options:
USB (virtual COM)
- - COM port number - set the number assigned during installation to the
virtual COM port (see point 5)
ETHERNET
- - UDP or TCP port and IP address (host name)
RS485
- - COM port, bandwidth and MODBUSaddress (default: 1, in case of several
devices in the network, each device must have a different address)