Advantech RS-485 user manual Adam Utility Software, Main Menu

Software Utilities

There are some software utilities available to the ADAM-5000 sys- tems. The DOS and Windows utility software helps you to configure your ADAM-5000. A DLL (Dynamic Link Library) driver is provided to write Windows applications, and a DDE (Dynamic Data Exchange) server is a service that links the ADAM-5000 systems to popular Windows packages such as Intouch, FIX DMACS, ONSPEC, Genesis and Excel.

5.1ADAM Utility Software

Together with the ADAM-5000 systems you will find a utility disk containing utility software with the following capabilities:

∙System and Module Configuration

∙Module Calibration

∙Data Input and Output

∙Alarm settings between analog inputs and digital outputs

∙Autoscan of connected modules

∙Terminal emulation

The following text will give you some brief instructions on how to use the included utility.

Main Menu

The main screen consists of a menu bar at the top side of the screen and a status field which displays information about the connected modules. When you first start the program, it will automatically scan for any attached modules and display their data. The status field lists module characteristics, module configuration parameters and input or output values.

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