Xantrex Technology SW Communications Adapter Starting the Program, ID Numbers, Open or, Operation

3.0 OPERATION

Starting the Program

From Windows:

1.Open ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿or ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿.

2.Locate the file ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿and double-click it.

or

1.Click ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿.

2.	Select	.
3.	Type	and press <￿￿￿￿￿>.

From DOS (or a DOS prompt within Windows):

1. Locate the file ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿.

2. Type ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿and press < >.

When the program starts, a line drawing of the SW series control panel will appear on the computer screen. You can resize the MSDOS window for better viewing of the control panel if the labeling is not clear.

ID Numbers

Once the program has started, it looks for an SWCA programmed with an ID number of “1”. This is the default ID number of all adapters. If two adapters are connected to a PC with the same ID number, you will not be able to communicate with either until the adapters have different ID numbers.

Refer to Table 3-1 on page 11 for information on accessing the SWCA Programming Menu to reprogram the adapters with a different ID number.

The program also assumes that the SWCA is connected to a serial port with a COM number of 1. If you are using a COM port other than one, refer to the paragraph in this section titled Changing the PC’s COM Port Number.

Changing the PC’s COM Port Number

To change the COM port number that the control panel simulator DOS program uses to find the adapter, add the COM port ID number (1-4) after the DOS command used to start the SWCPS program as follows:

C:> SWCPS 2

This command causes the program to look at the COM 2 port on the PC for the SWCA adapters.

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