Operator's guide
5.2 Digitizer Setup
This page allows you to set up Gü ralp instruments attached to any of the DCM's serial ports.
Each of the links under Digitizer Setup in the menu tree represents one of the DCM's serial ports. Clicking on a port here causes the DCM to attempt to
retrieve the current configuration of the digitizer attached to that port. This will take a few seconds, after which the message Configuration successfully retrieved from attached instrument should appear together with a form detailing the available settings.
If the DCM cannot find a digitizer attached to the port, it will give the message Unable to retrieve configuration from attached instrument. In this case you should
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check that an instrument is connected to the port you clicked, and that it is powered up;
check that the baud rate of the serial port (see Section 4.3, “Serial port configuration”) matches the output baud rate of the digitizer; and
check that the DCM is running the gcf_in service on the port (see Section 4.3, “Serial port configuration”.)
Assuming that the DCM has detected an instrument, its current configuration is now shown on the right side of the page for reference. In the centre of the page, the settings are repeated in a form that you can change. Once you have finished making changes, click Configure instrument. The DCM will then attempt to
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