User Manual Part 1

CHAPTER 1
STARTING OUT
Revised: 15 Oct 03 1-4 EST P/N AA104
each other and are now ready to proceed in programming
them for your application. Press Exit to Main Menu and
continue with the programming of the ESTeem for your
application.
BASIC ESTEEM PROGRAMMING
Most of the ESTeem commands outlined in this section have been
automatically input to the modem by the ESTeem Utility program.
A few of the commands used most often in troubleshooting and
programming are covered here. These commands can be
programmed to the modem directly by the Terminal Emulation
section of the utility or by any other terminal software package.
HELP Functions
The ESTeem has over eighty software commands to aid the user in their application. The HELP command allow the user to list
the various software commands and their respective values.
From the COMMAND mode, type HELP<cr>. Your display should list the following:
Help switches are:
ALL (Lists all settings).
CHANGE (List settings changed from factory default).
CONTROL (List settings dealing with control).
PLC (List settings for PLCs).
RADIO (List settings for ESTeem radio).
RS232 (List settings for RS-232/422/485)
SETUP (List settings for control).
SYSTEM (List settings for system).
These are the different software categories.
Example: HELP SETUP<cr>, will list all the programmable variables and their settings for the SETUP category.
You can interrogate a discrete software command by just typing the command followed by a <cr>.
Example: ADD<cr>, will list the current address saved in the connected ESTeem.
Note Appendix E of this manual will have the complete listing of software commands and categories for the factory
default of the ESTeem.
Figure 10: Test Radio Communication