Gentec-EO P-LINK User Manual

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P-

LINK User’s Manual Revision 15.0

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PC-LINK can remember and recall the settings

of any number of users

. You can share the P-LINK

without the hassle of having to re-enter your settings. As an alternative, you can program it so that you
can easily switch between different measurement applications without having to re-enter your settings.
This option is activated under the Save Settings or Load settings menu items.

When you select settings, a dialog box appears so that you can save your settings to a file. Give the
settings a file name and type. To use established settings, select Load Settings, a dialog appears.
Select the file.

5.3 Ctrl menu

This section gives a complete description of the Control menu available on PC-LINK.

Fig 5.13 PC-LINK Ctrl Menu

5.3.1 Ctrl - Communication

The communication item is mostly used to connect to the P-LINK after starting PC-LINK. When choosing
Auto Connect, the application will try to connect automatically to the first available device. Otherwise, if
you already know the P-

LINK’s COM port number you can choose to Connect. To use the COM port for

another application without closing PC-LINK, click Ctrl / Communication / Disconnect.

5.3.2 Ctrl - Zero Offset

This feature resets the zero reading level to compensate for electronic offsets in the P-LINK and thermal
noise in the environment of the detector. When the P-LINK receives the associated command, it
subtracts the power reading on all its internal hardware scales. Subsequent measurements will be
relative to this zero power level. Use this function once your power meter has achieved thermal
equilibrium to ensure accurate measurements.