User's Manual

05/11/13 Page 23 of 53
ASR550 Operational Manual
4.3.3.1 Monitor
The Monitor window shows the complete serial communication between the reader and the PC.
This is very useful for software developers in order to verify their own software with the
commands the Agrident PC-Demo Software is sending and receiving.
The communication might also be watched in ASCII format. This makes more sense for viewing
the transponder data in output formats which do not use the transmission frame like the “Short
ASCII” formats, NLIS, ISO24631 or the Custom Format. The button “clear” empties the window.
4.3.3.2 Animal Counter
The Animal Counter works similar to the already mentioned log file with the option “Ignore
Known Tags” activated. Nevertheless there are some differences.
When you click on this menu item, a “Save File” dialog will open first.
Please choose a folder where you want to save the file containing the read transponders to. The
file will be saved as a text file with the default name “Animal Counter” followed by date and time.
You might also change this default name, of course.