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5 GUARDIANFIELD PROGRAMMINGSOFTWARE
5.1 INTRODUCTION
TheGuardianFieldProgrammingSoftwareprovidesprogramminganddiagnosticsfortheGuardianwireless
modem.TheFieldProgrammingSoftwareallowstheusertoeditandprogramuserprogrammablesettings,
interactivelytunemodemandRFparameters,andmonitordiagnosticdatafromtheGuardian.SeeFigure5‐1for
theGuardianFieldProgrammingSoftware
startupscreen.
Figure5.1‐GuardianFieldProgrammingSoftwarestartupscreen
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ThismanualassumestheFieldProgrammingSoftwarehasbeeninstalledontheuser’sPCwithatleastone
operationalserialCOMPortavailable.
5.1.1 COMPORTSETTINGS
GuardianprogrammingisdonethroughthePC’sPrimaryCOMPort.PrimaryandsecondaryCOMportsare
configuredwiththeFieldProgrammingSoftware.Theprogrammingcable(includedintheProgrammingKit‐DRL
partnumber250‐4006‐001)isconnectedfromtheSetupPortontheGuardiantothePC’sCOMportconfigured
as
thePrimaryPort.
ThePortSettingsscreenoftheField ProgrammingSoftwareisaccessedviatheUtilitiespull‐downmenu(see
Figure2‐7).ThePortSettingsscreensareusedtoconfigurethePC’sserialCOMPorts.COMPortparametersare
definedin2.5.2.1.COMPortassignmentsaredisplayed
inthebottomstatusbaroftheGuardianField
ProgrammingSoftwarescreen.
5.1.2 COMPORTPARAMETERS
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COMPort
SelectsCOMPortnumber(COM1‐4)forPrimaryandSecondaryCOMPorts(seeFigure2‐6).
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BaudRate
SelectsthecommunicationspeedforPrimaryandSecondaryCOMPorts.
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DataBits
Selectsthenumberofdatabits(4‐8)transmittedorreceivedforthePrimaryandSecondaryCOM
Ports.
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Parity
SelectstransmissionorreceptionofanyParityBitsforthePrimaryandSecondaryCOMPorts.
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StopBits
SelectsnumberofStopBits(1or2)transmittedorreceivedforthePrimaryandSecondaryCOMPorts.
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