Hired-Hand Farm Hand Series: Data Shuttle Launch Pad - Manual (Page 3)

Part No. 4801-0165 Rev 7-02 Data Shuttle Launch Pad 1
IBM Compatible
START
Push Button
Light Emitting Diode
(LED)
RJ-45 Plug
Comm Port
1. Data Shuttle Launch Pad Overview
The Hired Hand Data Shuttle is a compact portable device that can perform temperature logging,
uploading and downloading control settings to and from Farm Hand controllers and temperature
ramping to a Farm Hand controller. This manual describes how the Launch Pad software can be
used to program the Data Shuttle and to download and plot temperature data using several of the
plotting features included in the Launch Pad software. For information on interfacing the Data
Shuttle with Farm Hand controllers and use as a stand-alone temperature recorder, see Farm Hand
Data Shuttle Owners Manual # 4801-0164.
2. Data Shuttle Launch Pad Computer Hardware System Requirements
The FARM HAND Data Shuttle Launch Pad software for Windows requires:
(1) A Pentium 200 MHz processor or better,
(2) At least 32 Megabytes of RAM,
(3) At least 30 Megabytes of Disk Storage, and
(4) Windows 95/98/Me or Windows 2000/np.
3. Data Shuttle Launch Pad Quick Start
For those already familiar with Windows operation, the following Quick Start may be used.
(1) Load the Launch Pad software on your hard drive.
(2) Connect the Data Shuttle to Communications Port #1 (default).
(3) Run Launch Pad.
(4) To program the shuttle, use the tool bar Load icon and follow the on-screen instructions.
(5) To read the shuttle data, use the tool bar Read icon and follow the on-screen instructions.
4. Installing Launch Pad on a Hard Drive
To install the Launch Pad software on a hard drive:
(1) Insert the Launch Pad CD into the CD ROM drive on your
computer.
(2) In the Windows Program Manager, select the FILE menu.
(3) Choose RUN
and type D:\Setup. ( Use the appropriate letter
to designate your CD drive .) The install program will load the
Launch Pad software and the associated help file in the
C:\PROGRAM FILES\DATA SHUTTLE LAUNCH PAD
directory. You may choose a different directory.
(4) The first time Launch Pad is run, the Registration form shown at
the right will require the entry of the users name, an optional e-
mail entry and a required serial number for the software that can be found in the CD packing
material.
5. Connecting the Data Shuttle to an IBM Compatible Computer
The Data Shuttle is connected to a communications
port on your computer with an IBM compatible DB-9
connector. Hired-Hand Interconnecting Cable Product
#1902-2880 is designed with a DB-9 connector for the
computer
and an RJ-
45 jack that
connects
into the Data
Shuttle as
illustrated.