Specifications

First Steps

3 Start PIMikroMove™ on the host PC. It opens with the Start up

controller

window.

4 Establish a connection to the E-517 from PIMikroMove™. This can

be done via the TCP/IP, FTDI USB, RS-232 or IEEE 488 (GPIB)

interface, using the corresponding tab card in the

Start up

controller

window (tab card selection depends on the current

hardware connection). See

"Communication" (p. 45) for details.

Notes:

When using the USB interface for the first time, two FTDI USB

drivers must be installed on the host PC. These drivers are

provided on the E-517 CD in the \USB_Serial_Driver directory.

TCP/IP communication: If no DHCP server is available on the

network or if a point-to-point connection between host PC and

controller is being used, after power-on or reboot it might take a

period of about 30 seconds before communication is possible. Use

the

Search for controllers button, select your controller in the

resulting list and press

Connect. If the controller is already

connected to your or another host PC via TCP/IP, a second TCP/IP

session cannot be established.

The

IEEE 488 tab card is only present in the host software if a

GPIB driver from National Instruments (NI) or an NI-compatible

driver is installed on your PC.