User manual

CONNECTION TO SOFTWARE Operating guide for Alarm Receiver Exprecium D 25|52
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Disconnect
Disconnect from the receiver device.
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To change font size of the signals, right-click on the signals window and select “Increase” or “Decrease Font
Size”.
Connecting Ed
to PCs.
Typical scenarios are:
No connection to PC:
D4 can be used in a stand-alone way, without PC. All configuration parameters can be
accessed from the internal configuration menu.
Using one connection (USB or Serial):
Ed connected by USB port only
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- Using only one connection:
Ed connected by Serial port only
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Using both connections (USB and Serial): IMPORTANT: For flexibility of operations the signal received by the
receiver can be acknowledged from either USB or Serial connection. Main output should be selected in the
Output tab/menu of Configurator. Events will be acknowledged only from the Main port. Secondary one should be
considered only for logging.
When connected in this fashion, Exprecium D will be seen by the PC as two COM ports. One, the serial
connection, is the physical COM port (ranged COM1 to COM4 usually depending on the number of available
serial ports). Another connection, through USB, is a ”virtual” COM port (can be in the range COM5 to COM255).
Both COM ports can be used to input signals to the PC, therefore one COM port can be used to connect to PC
receiver software, and the other port for logging or monitoring of signals.
Ed connected by USB and serial port on same PC
USB
Exprecium D
USB
ST Receiver
application
COM7: Virtual COM
port
ACK
SERIAL
Exprecium D
COM PORT
COM1: Physical COM port
STReceiver
application
ACK