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5 GUARDIANFIELD PROGRAMMINGSOFTWARE
5.1 INTRODUCTION
TheGuardianFieldProgrammingSoftwareprovidesprogramminganddiagnosticsfortheGuardianwireless
modem.TheFieldProgrammingSoftwareallowstheusertoeditandprogramuserprogrammablesettings,
interactivelytunemodemandRFparameters,andmonitordiagnosticdatafromtheGuardian.SeeFigure51for
theGuardianFieldProgrammingSoftware
startupscreen.
Figure5.1‐GuardianFieldProgrammingSoftwarestartupscreen
ThismanualassumestheFieldProgrammingSoftwarehasbeeninstalledontheuser’sPCwithatleastone
operationalserialCOMPortavailable.
5.1.1 COMPORTSETTINGS
GuardianprogrammingisdonethroughthePC’sPrimaryCOMPort.PrimaryandsecondaryCOMportsare
configuredwiththeFieldProgrammingSoftware.Theprogrammingcable(includedintheProgrammingKit‐DRL
partnumber2504006001)isconnectedfromtheSetupPortontheGuardiantothePC’sCOMportconfigured
as
thePrimaryPort.
ThePortSettingsscreenoftheField ProgrammingSoftwareisaccessedviatheUtilitiespulldownmenu(see
Figure27).ThePortSettingsscreensareusedtoconfigurethePC’sserialCOMPorts.COMPortparametersare
definedin2.5.2.1.COMPortassignmentsaredisplayed
inthebottomstatusbaroftheGuardianField
ProgrammingSoftwarescreen.
5.1.2 COMPORTPARAMETERS
COMPort
SelectsCOMPortnumber(COM14)forPrimaryandSecondaryCOMPorts(seeFigure26).
BaudRate
SelectsthecommunicationspeedforPrimaryandSecondaryCOMPorts.
DataBits
Selectsthenumberofdatabits(48)transmittedorreceivedforthePrimaryandSecondaryCOM
Ports.
Parity
SelectstransmissionorreceptionofanyParityBitsforthePrimaryandSecondaryCOMPorts.
StopBits
SelectsnumberofStopBits(1or2)transmittedorreceivedforthePrimaryandSecondaryCOMPorts.