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Running sundata, From dos, Setting up your pc's com port – Delta Electronics SS1-UM-1.05 User Manual

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SunScan User Manual v 1.05

Getting Started

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Running SunData

The program you will run is

SUNDATA.EXE

(which was in the

\PC

directory on the

diskette). This will be a quick test just to obtain the opening SunData screens on
your PC.

From DOS

Change to the directory on your hard disk which holds the

SUNDATA.EXE

file.

At the DOS prompt, type:

SUNDATA

then

↵↵

or

Return

or

Enter

to run it.

The opening SunData screen will appear. SunData is running. You should see a
starting plaque similar to this:

Press the Tab key (

→||||

) to select either

or

,

then press

↵↵

to expose the first working screen (see below)

You will not see this starting plaque again, but you will always be able to choose
your screen mode from the system settings in the program.

The first working screen will look like this:

For the moment, ignore the connection instruction at the bottom of the screen,
because you need to tell your PC which

COM

port to use for the SunScan Probe.

Setting up your PC's COM port

Press

Alt+S

, then

Y

The System Settings dialog box will appear:

Use the arrow keys to toggle between the

available

COM

port options.

Press the

Tab

key (

→||||

) twice to move to

, then press

↵↵

(You can also move there with

↑↑↑↑↓↓↓↓

, Enter,

or

Shift+Tab

.)