Instruction manual

Instruction Manual Smart-Trak
®
50 Series
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If you plan to control more than one Smart-Trak
®
50 Series from your
computer…
If you wish to operate more than one 50 Series at a time, you will need a dedicated COM
port for each, be it native serial or a USB/serial converter. After looking up and recording
which ports are which in ‘Device Manager’ (see last paragraph for review), open up an
instance of the user software for each unit (Example: If you have 5 units, you need to
have 5 instances of the program running at once). Setup communications for each
instance to match the communication type (RS-232 vs. RS-485) for each unit, the port it
is on, and the device address (if necessary).
Once communications are established for each unit individually, you can switch between
instances with mouse clicks to take readings and change settings on multiple units using a
single PC.
NOTE: Computers have limited capacity and computational ability, as well as streaming
speeds; the more instances you run, the slower the response. Please remain patient with
the system, or consider upgrading your PC to handle the load.
If connecting your computer to the Smart-Trak
®
50 Series creates any confusion, please
contact Sierra Instruments or your IT person for assistance.
Running the Smart-Trak
®
50 Series User Software
1. Locate the program named “50 Series User Software” and open it.
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