Campbell Scientific RF310, RF312, RF313 Narrowband Radios - Manual (Page 14)

Section 2. Assembling the Radiotelemetry Network
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5. After the antenna is mounted, connect the coax cable between the antenna
and the BNC connector mounted in Step 2.
6. Replace the cover of the RF310B.
7. Connect a large gauge (approximately 8 AWG) copper wire from the
antenna to a good earth ground. This is for lightning protection. This is
required for any antenna, especially if the coax cable from the antenna goes
inside a building.
8. Connect a 25-pin RS-232 cable from the computer serial port to the
RF310B.
9. After verifying that the RF310B power switch is off, plug in the RF310B's
wall transformer.
2.2.2 PC208W Datalogger Support Software
Once the base station hardware is installed, the PC208W software must be
setup. If PC208W is not installed on the computer, you will need to install it.
Refer to the PC208W Manual if you have questions about the installation
procedure or PC208W. PC208W will refer to the RF310M as either “RF
Modem” or “RF95”.
There are eight main windows in PC208W:
• SETUP - Used to define communication paths, set data collection
parameters, and schedule automatic data collection.
• CONNECT - Used for manual communications with field site. Supports
real time data display, graphs, data retrieval and program transfer.
• STATUS - Shows status of schedules and communication information.
• PROGRAM - Editor to aid writing datalogger programs.
• REPORT - Generates reports and reduces data stored on computer.
• VIEW - Used to view text files.
• STG MODULE - Used to service storage modules.
• HELP - On line help. Also accessed anywhere by typing F1.
PC208W uses a main tool bar to access each of the eight windows. The shape
of the main tool bar can be changed using standard Windows methods. Closing
the main tool bar closes all other PC208W windows.