Service manual

Installing drivers
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Installing drivers
Communication driver Before ROSA can communicate with the S
TELLAR
you must install the communica-
tion driver and enable the RS-232 serial port connected to the S
TELLAR
.
To install the
communication driver
Follow the procedure below to install the communication driver:
1. Right-click on the drivers icon in the C
OPERNICUS
Explorer window and
select Properties.
2. Click Install and go to the directory C:\ROSAConfShell\C
OPERNICUS
\Driv-
ers.
3. Locate the “RCDS Communication Driver.rsd” and click Open.
This configuration file contains driver-related information needed by the C
OPER
-
NICUS
server. The initial version of a driver is delivered on the C
OPERNICUS
server.
To enable the COM port Follow the below procedure to enable the COM port:
1. Right-click on the Serial Ports icon in the C
OPERNICUS
Explorer window
and select Properties.
2. Double-click on the COM port connected to the S
TELLAR
.
3. Set the Driver type to RCDS Protocol and click OK twice.
Now ROSA communicates with the S
TELLAR
.
Device driver BeforeaC
OPERNICUS
server can recognize a S
TELLAR
attached to it, you must install
the driver for the S
TELLAR
on the C
OPERNICUS
server. The specific S
TELLAR
driver
makes it possible for the C
OPERNICUS
server to communicate with the S
TELLAR
,send
commands and receive status information and alarm messages.
This specific driver is a Remote Control and Diagnostic System (RCDS) device
driver, which contains the user interface to set up the S
TELLAR
. You install this driver
for the S
TELLAR
once from a ROSA client.
To install the device
driver
To install a driver for the S
TELLAR
do the following:
1. Right-click on the Drivers icon in the C
OPERNICUS
Explorer window.
2. Select Properties to bring up the details of the drivers available.
ROSA displays the installed drivers.
3. Click Install.
4. Go to the directory C:\ROSAConfShell\C
OPERNICUS
\Drivers.
5. Locate the specific driver configuration file, in this case “S
TELLAR
Device.rsd” andclickOpen.
This configuration file contains driver related information needed by the C
OPER
-
NICUS
server. The initial version of a driver is delivered on the C
OPERNICUS
server.