Uploading, Remote mode – Fluke Biomedical medTester 5000C User Manual
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medTester 5000C 
Operators Manual 
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Configuring Ports for Test Tag Output
Configure any of these three ports for test tags as described above for record 
output. Press the port function keys to turn individual COM or printer ports 
on or off. Store your settings with the 
F5
key.
Note
If you have enabled the Wedge adapter, you have additional 
COM2 choices, ON-1 through ON-8. See Chapter 13, The Wedge 
Adapter. 
Remote Mode
You can control your medTester 5000C through a serial port by sending 
remote commands. Typically the operator is using a personal computer (or 
any terminal that allows transmission of ASCII characters) with a terminal 
emulation program, communications software program, or database program 
to issue commands to the medTester. When you enter the remote mode, all 
medTester keyboard input is disabled. Incoming remote commands to the 
medTester appear on the display, along with response messages. 
Going Remote 
In order to remotely operate the medTester 5000C, ensure that you connect 
the correct serial cable from a serial port on the medTester to the correct 
serial communications port on your personal computer or terminal. 
Port Selection
To establish remote control of a single serial port at a time, type
remote
, or
send
remote
as a command to a serial port. (Remote commands are not case
sensitive). Port selection is established in this manner:
•
If remote is received from a serial port, then that port is the 
remote port, otherwise…
•
COM1 is selected the first time the medTester 5000C is operated 
remotely from a personal computer or terminal device.
•
If the medTester 5000C has been operated remotely before, the 
last port receiving a remote command is selected for remote 
control. 
