GE Krautkramer USM 35X - Data Exchange; Connecting a Printer or a PC; Activation of Serial Communication

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8-8 Issue 01, 04/2005 Krautkramer USM 35X

Interfaces and Peripherals

8.5 Data exchange

The USM 35X is equipped with the serial interface

RS 232 for bi-directional data communication with a PC.

When you connect the instrument with a PC you can:

• remote control the instrument via the PC,

• transfer A-scans for documentation,

• transfer instrument settings in ASCII format,

• transfer reports from stored datasets,

• transfers Datalogger jobs in ASCII format (option)

• read and write datasets in binary format.

Connecting a printer or a PC

You can connect the USM 35X to a printer or a PC

using the special Krautkramer cables:

PC: UD 20 (25-way) or UD 31 (9-way)

Printer: UD 31 (Seiko DPU) or UD 32 (Epson)

Please refer to chapter 2

Activation of serial communication

After connecting the instrument to the PC you must

run a software that opens the serial port. This can ei-

ther be a commercial terminal program (e.g. Microsoft

Hyper Terminal) or a customised program like

UltraDOC. Make sure that the serial communication

parameters on the PC are identical to those of the

instrument.

The data transmission parameters are as follows:

Baud rate: 0 (no transmission), 300, 600, 1200,

2400, 4800, 9600 (default), 19200,

38400, and 57600

Word length: 8 data bits (fixed)

Parity: none (fixed)

Stop bits: 2 (fixed)

The baud rate can be set in the function BAUD-R in

the menu CFG1 from the third operating level.

The settings on the USM 35X apply to most of the

printers and PCs. To ensure a perfect communication,

please check the settings of the connected peripherals

and adjust them to the parameters of the USM 35X.

Data exchange