Advantech 5000 Series - Manual (Page 41)

Software Utilities
There is a software utility available to the ADAM-5000 systems. The
Windows utility software helps you to configure your ADAM-5000.
A DLL (Dynamic Link Library) driver is provided to write Windows
applications, and a DDE (Dynamic Data Exchange) server is a service
that links the ADAM-5000 systems to popular Windows packages
such as Intouch, FIX DMACS, ONSPEC, Genesis and Excel.
5.1 ADAM-4000 and ADAM-5000 Windows Utility
The ADAM-4000 and 5000 Windows Utility offers a graphical interface
that helps you configure the ADAM-4000 and ADAM-5000 DA&C
Modules. This windows utility makes it very convenient to monitor
your Data Acquisition and Control system. The following guidelines
will give you some brief instructions on how to use the utility.
•
Overview
• COM port settings
• Search connected modules
• Terminal
emulation
• Data
Scope
•
Save module’s configuration to file
• Load module’s configuration files to configure module
• Module
configuration
•
Module calibration
• Data input and output
• Alarm settings
• Download
procedure
5-2
ADAM-5000