Technical Manual

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• Subsequently restore the configuration.
• Safeguard a copy as documentation of the
configuration.
Note: The configuration and status files are
ASCII files and may be e-mailed or faxed to
technical support when requested to do so.
Warning:
Do not make any changes to these files. Any
changes made to the configurations MUST be
done at factory or by Dataradio system engi-
neering.
4.4.2.1 “Get” button
On the menu bar, select “File”, then the “Get”
command or press the “Get” button on the
Toolbar to:
• Establish linking
• Download and automatically save the con-
nected unit’s configuration setting to a file
named with the unit' serial number: The
WinRIS status bar will then report “All pa-
rameters are successfully retrieved and
saved in file [unit' s/n].BP2. Any previous
configuration in the program is overwritten.
If you do not wish to overwrite an existing con-
figuration or prefer to name the file yourself,
use the “Get As” button.
4.4.2.2 “Get As” button
After communication is established using the
Connect button, press the Get As button to:
• Open the “File, Save As” window with the
ASCII file *.bp2 (already selected). Save the
connected BDLC
PD
’s operating characteris-
tics (configuration setting) to a file, direc-
tory or drive of your choice.
The program will ask before overwriting an
existing file.
• Status bar reports “All parameters are suc-
cessfully retrieved and saved in [file-
name]”.
4.4.3 Configuration from a File
Loading a configuration from a file to a unit is
useful to:
• Restore the operating characteristics of a
unit (Requires intervention with technical
support.)
• Carry out field updates using Dataradio
system engineering supplied diskette(s).
Warning:
Do not make any changes to these files. Any
changes made to the configurations MUST be
done at factory or by Dataradio system engi-
neering.
4.4.3.1 “Put From” button
1- On the menu bar, select “File”, then the “Put
From” command or press the “Put From”
button on the Toolbar.
2- In the “Open” window, locate the drive, di-
rectory and file name of the relevant file.
• This may be a configuration saved ear-
lier from a unit.
• It can also be from a Dataradio (factory
or system engineering) diskette.
4- Select the appropriate file
5- Press the “OK” button.
The status bar reports: “[filename] is
downloading into unit” and up to 30
seconds later displays: “All parameters are
saved. Apply Station Reset to take effect!”
6- Press the “Station Reset” button. See section
4.4.1 for details.
4.4.4 Special Functions
The following WinRIS fields and buttons are
used to gather specific information concerning
the connected unit:
• Banner field
•
Comments field and Put Comments button
• Password and Put Password button