Installation manual

STAR-LINK™

A.1.2 Settings Menu

Before starting the data collection, configure the network by means of the menu

options as follows:

− Set the address and the interface (RS-232 or RS-485) of each base station;

− Set the address of each device sending data packets to the base stations;

− Set the serial port parameters;

− Save/Load the network configuration and parameters, if desired.

The Settings menu provides the following options:

− Base Stations: by choosing this option or clicking on the

icon the

following dialog box appears:

Figure 7 - Base station network

This window shows the set of base station addresses to be polled, while the

check box positioned on the left side of each address allows selecting the

relative base station for the network data collection. When starting the collection

all the addresses listed in the window must be selected by ticking the

corresponding check box. If this procedure fails, the data collection will not start

and an error message appear.

Once the data collection is in progress, it is possible to suspend it on a single

base station by ticking or not the corresponding check box.