User`s guide

9. Saving and Restoring
Configuration Parameters
After the APS-8M has been properly configured, parameters can
be downloaded and saved as an ASCII text file. Later, if the
configuration is accidentally altered, the file with the saved
parameters can be uploaded to automatically reconfigure the unit
without the need to manually assign each parameter.
Saved parameters can also be uploaded to other APS-8M units.
This allows rapid set-up when several units will be configured
with the same parameters.
The “Save Parameters” procedure can be performed from any
communications program (e.g. HyperTerminal, ProComm,
Crosstalk, etc.), that allows downloading of ASCII files.
9.1. Sending Parameters to a File
1. Start your communications program and access the APS
Command Mode. If the password prompt is displayed,
enter the Supervisor Password.
2. When the APS command prompt appears, type /U and
press [Enter]. The APS will prompt you to configure your
communications program to receive an ASCII download.
a) Set your communications program to receive an ASCII
format download, and the specify a name for a file that
will receive the saved parameters (e.g. APS8M.PAR).
b) Disable the Line Wrap function for your terminal
emulation program. This will prevent command lines
from being broken in two during transmission.
3. When the communications program is ready to receive the
file, return to the APS-8M's Save Parameter File menu, and
press [Enter] to proceed with the download. APS-8M
parameters will be saved on your hard drive in the file
specified in Step 2 above.
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