Instruction manual

APPENDIX A. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
A-6 PC208W, Version 3.0, Instruction Manual
Instruction 15 Serial I/O with a control port
This instruction allows the datalogger to
communicate with an RS-232 type sensor.
Characters can be received and/or transmitted.
EDLOG does not name or allocate Input
Locations other than the location specified in
parameter 10.
1: Port Serial I/O (Special) (P15)
1: 1 Reps
2: 00 Configuration Code
3: 0000 CTS/Delay
4: 00 First Control Port
5: 0000 Output Loc [ _________ ]
6: 0000 No. of Locs to Send
7: 0000 Termination Character
8: 0000 Maximum Characters
9: 0000 CTS/Input Wait
10: 0000 Loc [ _________ ]
11: 1.0 Mult
12: 0.0 Offset
When characters are only transmitted,
parameter 10 may be left at zero. This will
result in a “Warning: zero is an invalid inloc
address, Line: xx” warning which can be
ignored.
How do I convert files created by the old
EDLOG into new EDLOG files?
If you don’t care about transferring the
comments to the new file, you can simply open
the new EDLOG, use FILE | DOCUMENT DLD
FILE, and select the old *.DLD from the list
presented. This creates a new *.CSI file based
on the original *.DLD, preserving Input Location
labels and memory requirements (*A settings).
If you want to preserve the comments in your
old files, you can run DOC2CSI.EXE from a
DOS prompt. DOC2CSI is found in the BIN
subdirectory in the directory where you installed
PC208W. Section 6 of this manual describes
the proper syntax, or you can enter “DOC2CSI”
at a DOS prompt for a simple HELP screen.
Keep in mind that DOC2CSI does not create a
new *.DLD file. If you change the program in
the new EDLOG, you must compile it to create
a new *.DLD.
(See Section 2.9 of this manual for an
explanation of the various files created by
EDLOG.)