SmarTek Systems SAS-1 Setup Using SAS Monitor - Manual (Page 4)

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Click the menu item Settings/Comm Port/Setup Comm Port to set the PC Comm Port
parameters. The Comm Port Number for a laptop PC is typically 1 or 2 for native comm ports
or may be some other number if a USB to Serial Comm Port converter is used. Set the Comm
Port Number to the appropriate value corresponding to the serial comm port. The rest of the
Comm Port parameters should be as follows:
Baud Rate 38400 (set to match the SAS-1 baud rate)
Data Bits 8
Parity N
Stop Bits 1
HW Flow Control Unchecked
SW Flow Control Unchecked
Set DTR line high Checked
Set RTS line high Checked.
Note: If the SAS-1 baud rate is not known, click the Settings/Comm Port/Find SAS Baud
Rate menu item to let SAS Monitor try to determine the SAS-1 baud rate. The progress/result of
the SAS-1 baud rate search is displayed in the Status Line in the lower left part of the SAS
Monitor and Setup Main display. After SAS Monitor and Setup sucessfully determines the SAS-
1 baud rate, the user must change the SAS Monitor and Setup baud rate to match the SAS-1 baud
rate as described above.
Click the menu item Sensor/Get SAS ID. This retrieves the SAS ID from the SAS-1. The SAS
ID is a 7 character ID (SAS0001, SAS0002, etc.). The status line in the lower left portion of the
main display will indicate success or failure of the operation. If the operation fails, click the
Stop button and retry the operation.
Click the menu item Sensor/Get SAS Parameters. The SAS-1 responds by sending all
parameters to SAS Monitor and Setup. The parameter values displayed are updated according to
what came from the SAS-1. The status line in the lower left portion of the main display will
indicate success or failure of the operation. If the operation fails, click the Stop button and retry
the operation.
Set the Monitor Mode to 2 by clicking in the Mode value field to increment or decrement the
value. Click the menu item Sensor/Reset SAS. The SAS-1 will respond with a banner (status
line in the lower left portion of the main display) indicating the
software version number, the
size of the non-volatile flash memory in the SAS-1, the presence or absence of a battery
backed real time clock in the SAS-1, and the archive update period.
Setting Default Operating Modes
To set the SAS-1 Default Operating Mode, left click the menu item Sensor/Set SAS Default
Mode. The dialog window that appears provides for setting several parameters as described
below.