Video Signal Generator Owner's And Programmer's Manual

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Controlling via the Serial Port
How to use PCPLUSTD.EXE
The utility disk included with your 801G* contains
the “Test drive” version of Pcplus by DATASTORM
TECHNOLOGIES Inc. This program is for evalua-
tion only and may not be used beyond that. Please
read the PCPLUSTD.DOC file on the utility disk for
further details.
PCPLUSTD.EXE is a demonstration of how the user
can interactively operate and program the 801G*
generator via the serial port.
You need to set some configuration data the first
time that you use the program.
1) After you have installed PCPLUSTD on your
PC, start it by typing PCPLUSTD on the DOS
command line.
2) Press (ALT)P to bring up the serial port setup
menu.
3) Select the proper COM port you will be us-
ing with your 801G*.
4) Set the port for 2400 baud, 8 bits, 2 stop, no
parity.
5) Press (ALT)S to save your settings.
You are now ready to send individual commands
and queries as well as download files to 801G*. The
last section of this chapter documents the command
language.