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User Manual for the GSC400 Programmer and PC Interface
Table of Contents
1 PC INTERFACE SETUP ................................................................................................................... 5
1.1 BEFORE YOU BEGIN ..................................................................................................................... 5
1.2 SOFTWARE / HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS ................................................................................. 5
1.3 INSTALLING THE GSC400 PC INTERFACE ................................................................................. 5
1.4 SETTING UP THE GSC400 PROGRAMMER ................................................................................. 8
1.5 DETERMINING THE USB COM PORT ........................................................................................12
1.5.1 Windows XP.........................................................................................................................12
1.5.2 Windows Vista and Windows 7 .........................................................................................14
1.6 CHANGING THE USB COM PORT .............................................................................................16
1.7 SETTING UP THE GSC400 PC INTERFACE ...............................................................................19
2 GSC400 PC INTERFACE OPERATION .......................................................................................21
2.1 THE SLIDER CONTROL ...............................................................................................................21
2.2 MONITORING OF GSC400 PARAMETERS ..................................................................................21
3 SENDER TABLE CONFIGURATION UTILITY ............................................................................23
3.1 PREMADE SENDER TABLES .......................................................................................................24
3.2 OPENING THE UTILITY ................................................................................................................25
3.3 UTILITY MAIN WINDOW ..............................................................................................................25
3.4 STORING SENDER TABLES TO THE GSC400 ............................................................................28
3.4.1 Before Storing ......................................................................................................................28
3.4.2 Storing Sender Tables........................................................................................................30
3.5 CREATING A SENDER TABLE ......................................................................................................31
3.5.1 Converting Voltage to Resistance ....................................................................................31
3.5.1.1 Analog (Resistive) Senders ................................................................................................... 31
3.5.1.2 Digital Senders ........................................................................................................................ 31
3.5.2 Using the Create Sender Table Feature..........................................................................32
3.6 READING SENDER TABLES FROM THE GSC400 .......................................................................34
4 LOADING FIRMWARE TO THE GSC400 ....................................................................................35
4.1 SETTING UP THE GSC400 PROGRAMMER ................................................................................35
4.2 USING THE GSC400 PROGRAMMER UTILITY ............................................................................35
5 TROUBLESHOOTING ....................................................................................................................38
5.1 GENERAL ....................................................................................................................................38
5.2 TROUBLESHOOTING PROGRAMMING ISSUES.............................................................................38
5.3 TROUBLESHOOTING INSTALLATION PROBLEMS .........................................................................38
5.3.1 Installing the USB Drivers Manually .................................................................................39
5.3.2 Displaying the Found New Hardware Wizard .................................................................41
5.3.3 Correcting Problems with Other USB Devices ...............................................................43