Sensaphone SCADA 3000 Users manual - Manual (Page 33)

2-1
Chapter 2: Quick Start Guide
Chapter 2: qUICK START GUIDe
This section presents a useful shorthand guide to configuring your SCADA 3000 unit for the
first time. More detailed information on the processes covered can be found in Chapters 8, 9,
and 10 of this manual.
Install the software from your CD-ROM or other media.
Double click on the SCADA 3000 icon on your desktop. The Control Center form will appear.
Figure 1: Control Center form
The Control Center form is the main menu for accessing all features of the SCADA 3000.
Connect the SCADA 3000 COM 1 port to a serial port on your computer to communicate
directly or connect the SCADA 3000 to a telephone line to communicate via modem.
Configuring Communications
1. Choose the Comm pulldown menu.
2. Select “Setup.”
Figure 2. Communications Port Setup form
3. Configure Communications port(s).
a. Click to check “Enable Port” for each Comm Port you are setting up.
b. Select the Type of communication you will be using to communicate with
the SCADA 3000—Serial Port, Phone Modem or Radio Modem.
c. Select appropriate baud rate for the modem or SCADA 3000 connected
to the port. The SCADA 3000 DCE serial port defaults to 38400 bps.
d. Click OK when you’ve finished configuring the ports, to close this form.