User`s manual

Manual revision 016 Section 3: Power and Communications Test SBE 49
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3. In the Configure menu, select SBE 49. The dialog box looks
like this:
Make the selections in the Configuration Options dialog box:
• COMM Port: COM 1 through COM 10, as applicable
• Baud Rate: 9600 (documented on Configuration Sheet in manual)
• Data Bits: 8
• Parity: None
• Mode: RS-232 (Full Duplex)
Click OK to save the settings.
4. In the Communications menu, select Options / Cycle baud
when connecting.
5. Click Connect on the Toolbar. Seaterm tries to connect to the FastCAT at
the baud set in Step 3. If it cannot, it cycles through all other possible
baud rates to try to connect. When it connects, the display looks like this:
S>
This shows that correct communications between the computer and the
FastCAT has been established.
If the system does not respond with the S> prompt:
• Click Connect again.
• Verify the correct instrument was selected in the Configure menu and
the settings were entered correctly in the Configuration Options
dialog box. Note that the baud rate is documented on the
Configuration Sheet in the manual.
• Check cabling between the computer and FastCAT.
Computer COM port, baud rate,
data bits, and parity for
communication between computer
and FastCAT
Interface for communication
between computer and
FastCAT
Note:
• Seaterm’s baud rate must be the
same as the FastCAT baud (set
with Baud=). Baud is factory-set to
9600, but can be changed by the
user (see Command Descriptions in
Section 4: Deploying and Operating
FastCAT).
• When you click OK, Seaterm saves
the Configuration Options settings
to the SeaTerm.ini file in your
Windows directory. SeaTerm.ini
contains the last saved settings for
each instrument. When you open
Seaterm and select the desired
instrument (SBE 37, 49, etc.) in the
Configure menu, the Configuration
Options dialog box shows the last
saved settings for that instrument.