Laurel Electronics Ethernet Node Configuration for Series 2 Digital Panel Meters, Counters, Timers, Transmitters and Ethernet-to-Serial Device Servers User Manual
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9. INSTRUMENT SETUP SOFTWARE
Instrument Setup software running on a host computer is the preferred tool to set up devices on
the network (meters, counters, timers and transmitters). That software allows uploading, editing
and downloading of setup data, execution of commands under computer control, listing, plotting
and graphing of data, and computer prompted calibration. It also displays jumper locations, for
example to set up signal ranges, which cannot be done with software.
To install Instrument Setup software, download IS2.exe (Version 3.0.0 or higher) onto your PC
from our website or CD. Double-click on the file to unzip it into a special directory, such as
c:\temp. Double-click on setup.exe to install the software on your PC.
Before running Instrument Setup software, run Node Manager Software to discover and confi-
gure all Nodes on the network, discover all devices associated with each Node, and set up the
same serial communications for each device. Then close Node Manager.
To establish communications with Instrument Setup, assure that power is applied to all meters
and transmitters on the network. Start Instrument Setup by clicking on Start => Programs => IS2
=> IS2 or on the desktop shortcut that you may have established. In the resulting Communications
screen, click on “Ethernet”. This will open a Node Discovery screen similar to the one under Node
Manager. All discovered Nodes will be listed.
• To select a meter or transmitter, highlight its associated Node under the Node Discovery tab,
then click on the Device Discovery tab. All discovered meters and transmitters will be listed.
• To work on a discovered device, select it, then click on the “Main Menu” button.
• To retrieve device setup information from the device, click on Device => Get Setup.
• To retrieve device setup information from disk, click on File => Open Setup.
• To view and then edit that the retrieved information, click on View => Setup.
• To download the edited information back into the device, click on Device => Put Setup.
• To save the edited information to disk, click on File -> Save Setup.