User's Manual

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for transferring data from a OneTouch
®
Flexx™ meter. For more information on
transferring data from the meter, refer to “Transferring Data” on page 28.
If Auto-start service is selected in the General tab of the Properties window, data
transfer occurs automatically when you connect the meter. If Auto-start service is not
selected, you must click Start to begin data transfer.
NOTE: The Start button simply opens a connection between the PC and the
workstation. It does not initiate communications. Therefore, the order in
which you connect and click Start is not critical (for example, you may
click Start, then connect the meter).
Modem-to-Modem Configuration
Modems can be used to connect a meter to the workstation through an analog phone line.
Connect a sending modem to the connection module and a receiving modem to the
workstation.
Connecting a OneTouch
®
DataLink
®
Connection Module to a Sending Modem
Follow this procedure to connect a sending modem to a connection module (see Figure 3).
If you have a OneTouch
®
Flexx™ meter, you can connect the meter to the modem with
the serial cable located in the cradle. For instructions on connecting a receiving modem to
the workstation, refer to page 15.
1 Connect the 3-pin plug of the connection module power cord to the receptacle
on the AC adapter. Then, plug the AC adapter into an AC power outlet.
Make sure the green indicator light on the connection module is on.
2 Set the switches on the back of the modem as follows:
3 Connect the power cord from the modem to an AC power outlet.
4 Connect a phone cable from the modem to an analog phone jack.
NOTE: The modem’s jack is labeled with a wall plug icon on the bottom of the modem.
If you currently have a fax machine or analog phone plugged into the wall jack, you
may plug the fax/phone cable directly into the other jack on the modem (see Figure 3).
This jack is labeled with a phone icon on the bottom of the modem.
5 Connect a phone cable from the connection module to the modem connector.
Then, connect the modem connector to the modem.
If the meter is a OneTouch
®
Flexx™, you may connect the serial cable in the
cradle to the meter. Connect a phone cable from the cradle to the modem
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