User manual

Installation 13

2.5 Configuring Software

Visual Plus software connects to VisualDepth instrument via an RS232 link. In order to

properly communicate with Visual Plus you must specify a COM port that the unit is

connected to. Typically for laptops it will be COM1, if you use a USB-Serial adapter the COM

port number is hard to predict.

Unless you know the exact COM port number that VisualDepth is connected to please follow

steps 1 through 7, otherwise please skip to step 8:

1. Go to Start->Control Panel.

2. Double-click System icon.

3. Select Hardware tab.

4. Click on Device Manager.

5. Expand (double-click) the Ports (COM & LPT) item in the tree on the left side of the

window.

6. The USB adapter or built in COM ports will be listed here. Write down available COM

port numbers.

7. If USB Serial adapter has a yellow exclamation mark on it that means that the driver

was not installed properly. Please contact AIT for assistance with this problem.

8. Open Visual Plus software, go to File->Preferences, enter the first COM port

number that you wrote down in 'Visual Depth COM Port Address' field. If you now

know the COM port number please enter that number. Please enter the COM port

including the 'COM' prefix with no space between COM and the number. Just the

number is not enough. Click OK.

9. Hit F3 to start filling out inspection form, click on Internal tab, click on Measure with

VisualDepth button. If everything is connected correctly you should see a screen

showing a video feed from the internal sensor and some value for Depth. To verify

that everything is working you can gently press on the internal probe gauge wire (DO

NOT USE YOUR FINGER, THE WIRE IS VERY SHARP) and the depth value should

change. If Visual Plus is still unable to connect to the VisualDepth unit please try

steps 7-8 with the rest of the COM port numbers that you wrote down. If you are

unable to connect on any of them please try installing software on another computer

or use another USB adapter to see if the COM port might be defective. If you are

unable to connect on two computers or you don't have another computer please

contact AIT for assistance.

After the COM port has been set please click OK to save this setting.