Installation manual

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CONTENTS
1 GENERAL INFORMATION .......................................................................... 1
1.1 Definition of the System ................................................................................ 1
1.2 Minimum Configuration Required.................................................................. 1
1.3 STAR-Link™ Contents.................................................................................. 2
1.4 Installing STAR-Link™.................................................................................. 3
1.5 Files Necessary to Use STAR-Link™ ........................................................... 3
1.6 Conventions.................................................................................................. 4
2 USE AND FUNCTIONING............................................................................ 5
2.1 Using STAR-Link™ ActiveX.......................................................................... 5
2.2 Broadcast and Factory-Loaded Addresses................................................... 6
2.3 RF Device Address ....................................................................................... 6
2.4 Component Class Overview.......................................................................... 8
2.4.1 Main Control Object ...................................................................................... 9
2.4.2 Base Station Collections ............................................................................. 11
2.4.3 Device Collections ...................................................................................... 11
2.4.4 Base Station Object .................................................................................... 12
2.4.5 Device Object.............................................................................................. 13
3 MAIN CONTROL OBJECT......................................................................... 14
3.1 Properties.................................................................................................... 14
Property BaudRate..................................................................................... 14
Property CommPort................................................................................... 15
Proprty Devices.......................................................................................... 16
Property Mode............................................................................................ 17
Property NetworkStatus ............................................................................ 20
Property Satellites...................................................................................... 21
Property Synchro....................................................................................... 22
Property Timeout ....................................................................................... 23
Property Timer............................................................................................ 24
Property Timer............................................................................................ 24
3.2 Methods ...................................................................................................... 25
Method CloseLine...................................................................................... 25
Method CloseNetwork............................................................................... 26
Method GetControlVersion ....................................................................... 27
Method GetDLLVersion............................................................................. 28
Method GetLostFrameBehaviour ............................................................. 29
Method Load .............................................................................................. 30
Method LostFrame..................................................................................... 31
Method OpenLine ...................................................................................... 32
Method OpenNetwork................................................................................ 33
Method Save............................................................................................... 34
Method Save............................................................................................... 34
Method SetLostFrameBehaviour.............................................................. 35