Meggitt VM600 User Manual

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Edition 9 - February 2018
Communication software and protocols
VM600 NETWORKING INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW
NOTE: HyperTerminal is the terminal emulator program that was provided with Microsoft
®
Windows
®
XP or earlier. However, HyperTerminal was deprecated and is no
longer included with Windows operating systems such as Windows Vista,
Windows 7 and Windows 8.
1.3.2.1 PuTTY
PuTTY is a terminal emulator program that supports network protocols such as Telnet.
A PuTTY session can be configured as a Telnet client in order to communicate with a CPUM
card (Telnet server).
PuTTY also supports serial communications and can be configured to communicate directly
with a VM600 card, such as a CPUM or an MPC4, via the RS-232 connector on the card’s
front panel.
PuTTY is free and open-source software, and is available from here:
• http://www.putty.org
In order to use PuTTY to communicate with a VM600 rack over an Ethernet communications
link, the IP address of the CPUM card in the rack must be known (see 5 Ethernet
communications with a VM600 rack). The IP address can be discovered using PuTTY and a
serial communications link (see 3 Serial communications with a VM600 rack).
Other terminal emulation software such as HyperTerminal (or a VT100-compatible terminal)
can be used instead of PuTTY.
1.3.2.2 FileZilla Client
FileZilla Client is an FTP client program that supports network protocols such as the file
transfer protocol (FTP) and the secure file transfer protocol (SFTP). A FileZilla Client session
is an FTP client that can communicate with a CPUM card (FTP server).
FileZilla Client is free and open-source software, and is available from here:
• https://filezilla-project.org
In order to use FileZilla Client to help configure a VM600 rack, the IP address of the CPUM
card in the rack must be known.
Other FTP client software can be used instead of FileZilla Client.
1.3.2.3 Notepad++
Notepad++ is a text editor program that supports the editing of text files. Unlike Notepad,
Windows built-in text editor, Notepad++ supports tabbed editing, which allows working with
multiple open files in a single window.
Notepad++ is free and open-source software, and is available from here:
• http://notepad-plus-plus.org
Other text editor programs can be used instead of Notepad++.
1.3.3 Midnight Commander
Midnight Commander is a file manager program with a text user interface that is used to
display a file system and allow file management operations such as selection, copying,
displaying and editing to be performed.

Meggitt VM600 Specifications

General

Brand	Meggitt
Model	VM600
Category	Measuring Instruments
Language	English