Baldor MN1851 manual Section Operation, Installing Software on your PC, Host Communications Setup

Section 5

Operation

Installing Software on your PC

The setup software is Windows–based. The servo control connects to a serial port on your PC. The setup wizard will guide you through the necessary steps to set–up your servo control. Online–help to each topic is available.

Minimum system requirements

Hardware requirements (minimum):

Processor: Intel 80486 / 33 MHz

RAM: 8 MB

Hard Disk Space: 50 MB

Screen: 600 x 480 (minimum)

Recommended: Intel Pentium, 16 MB RAM, 133 MHz, 100 MB Free Space

Software requirements:

Operating system: Windows 3.1x (minimum)

Recommended: Win95 or Windows NT

Installation The following procedure will install the setup software on your computer’s hard disk:

1.Start Windows. Make sure that no other programs are running during this installation.

2.Place installation Disk #1 in your computer’s floppy drive.

3.Run A:\Setup.exe (if A:\ is your floppy drive) or double click the file Setup.exe from My computer, 3.5 inch Floppy (A:).

4.Follow the instructions and insert the other installation disks as required.

After the installation process is finished, a program manager group for Lin+ with a Lin+ progman icon is created. Double clicking this icon will start the setup program.

A file “Readme.txt” is included in the master directory of the software. This file contains installation instructions, change notices from previous revisions and information that became available after this manual was printed.

Host Communications Setup

Be sure the communications port of the PC is correctly set for communications with the Drive software. The following examples assume COM1 of the PC is used. If you are using COM2 – 4, substitute the correct COM port number in the example.

Windows 3.1 Terminal Emulation

1.Power up the Host and start Windows software.

2.In the “Windows Accessories Group” select “Terminal” ICON.

3.Select “Communications” from the Settings pull down menu within Terminal program.

4.Set the communications settings for:

9600 Baud rate

8 Data Bits

1 Stop Bit

No Parity

Xon/Xoff Flow Control COM1

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