Instruction manual

SECTION 1. SETTING UP THE NETWORK AND COMMUNICATING WITH THE DATALOGGER
PC208W, Version 3.0, Instruction Manual 1-11
After Call Do item associated with it, the After
Call Do is not executed.
The /T command is used to execute a task from
the command line. However, it can also be
used to collect data from a datalogger. When
the /T command is executed, PC208W
connects to the datalogger, collects data, and
then terminates the connection. If the
datalogger has an associated After Call Do
item, that item, and any subsequent After Call
Do items, are executed.
If a resource intensive task is executed after
collecting data from a datalogger, it may be
advantageous to use the /T option to collect the
data. If the /S-station /C combination is used,
PC208W could return telecommunication errors
if system resources are not available to
maintain uninterrupted communication with the
datalogger.
A Note About Directories and Command
Line Entries
PC208W's default installation creates the
PC208W directory and two subdirectories, Bin
and Inifiles. PC208W stores most of the files it
needs for program execution, including the
PC208W.exe file, in the Bin directory. The
PC208W directory is set up as the working
directory; most of the files created by the user
are stored in this directory.
One file that is integral to the operation of
PC208W is the PC208W.dnd file. This dnd file
contains the information for your Device Map.
When you add a datalogger or other device to
the Device Map, or make changes to an
existing device, the information is stored in the
PC208W working directory by choosing the
Save Edits button.
When PC208W is started it reads the dnd file
from the active directory. If you are running
command line entries from a command prompt,
PC208W considers the active directory to be
the directory from which the commands were
invoked. Therefore, if you type the following
command at the C:\ prompt:
C:\PC208W\bin\pc208w.exe /S-CR10X1 /C /Q
PC208W will look for the dnd file on the C:\
drive. When it doesn't find a dnd file, it will
create a new one that contains only COM1
(none of your devices will exist on the new
device map).
One way to resolve this is to run the above
command from a batch file that directs your
computer to the appropriate directories. For
example:
cd pc208w
bin\pc208w.exe /S-CR10X1 /C /Q
This batch file, which would be run from the C:\
prompt, would set the active (working) directory
as PC208W and run PC208W.exe, which is
stored in the Bin directory, using the specified
command line parameters.