Enabling a firmware option, Configuring serial port a, Installing a sim card – Spectra Precision ProMark 800 Reference Manual User Manual
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Miscellaneous
Enabling a Firmware Option
• Set up your equipment in such a way that it can
successfully receive and process a serial command sent
from outside the equipment. See Applying Commands
Through Bluetooth or a Serial Port on page
134 in this
manual to know how this can be done.
• Use the $PASHS,OPTION serial command to enable the
firmware option. Refer to OPTION: Receiver Firmware
209 in this manual to learn how to use
this command.
Through this command, you will enter the code provided
by Spectra Precision after you purchased the option.
Entering this code into the receiver will unlock the option.
Configuring Serial Port A
• Set up your equipment in such a way that it can
successfully receive and process a serial command sent
from outside the equipment. See Applying Commands
Through Bluetooth or a Serial Port on page
134 in this
manual to know how this can be done.
• Use the $PASHS,MDP serial command to configure serial
port A as an RS232 or RS422 port. Refer to MDP: Setting
Port A to RS232 or RS422 on page 198 in this manual to
learn how to use this command.
• Use the $PASHS,CTS command to enable/disable
hardware handshaking. Refer to CTS: Handshaking on
page 176.
NOTE: A Bluetooth connection is also possible between a
Bluetooth-enabled computer and the receiver.
Installing a SIM Card
• Turn the ProMark 800 upside down.
• Using a flat screwdriver, loosen the two quarter-turn
screws of the radio module (or compartment door if your
ProMark 800 was purchased without a radio module).
• Pull the radio module or compartment door out of the
ProMark 800. This unveils the printed circuit board