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Followthese steps to connect you rHA RT Communicator to a PC:
1.Plug the PC Communication Adapter into the 9-pin Serial Port located on
theback of the C ommunicator.Refer to Appendix B for an illustration of
thePC Communication Adapter and the Communicator.
2.Plug the PC 25-pin Serial Port cable into the other end of the PC
CommunicationAdapter.
3.Connect the PC’s Serial Port cable to the back o f the PC. Depending on
thePC, you must hav e either a 9-pin or 25-pin plug on the PC end of the
cableto connect to the PC.
4.Set the Comm unicator to Listen for PC.
5.Move to the P C keyboard. All communication between the two systems is
initiatedat the PC.
6.Start the AMS application and select the HART Communicator icon to start
communication.Ta ble 1-2 describes the main interface options selectable
byright-clicking the Comm unicator icon in AMS. Refer to the AMS
applicationonline help system for details.
NOTE:AMS must also beconfigured appropriately to comm unicate with the
HARTCommunicator. See the AMS Us er’s Guide for details.
TABLE1-2. Main Options for the PC AMS Interface.
MainOption Description
Openand close the con-
nectionto the HART
Communicator.
Opensor closes the table of contents located i nt he
HARTCommunicator. This TOC is only a list of the con-
figurationsand i ncludes partial configurations. It does
notcontain the config uration parameters. The configu-
rationsare liste d by name, tag, or description and are
groupedaccordin gto locat ion: Memory Module or data
pack.
Optimizememor yin the
HARTCommunicator. Compressesthe memoryin the HART Communicator’s
MemoryModule and da tapa ck.It he lpsa void “out of
memory”conditions when load ing device configurations
intothe Communicator.
Viewand change H ART
Communicator proper-
ties.
Displaysa propert y sheet where you can set the PC-to-
Communicatorope ration options or check on
resources,version number,and available memory.
Movedata between t he
HARTCommunicator,
connecteddevic es, and
theAMS database.
Allowsyou to copy, cut, paste, and dra g/drop icons as
wellas move devic e configurations from the HART
Communicatorto a connecteddevice or to anot her
areain the databa se.
Printdevice configura-
tion. Allowsyou prin t out the device configuration parame-
tersusing the File menu Print command.