QX-5000 Windows Configuration Utility User Guide
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Serial Port Settings
To transmit data to and from the panel, the serial port settings must be configured. To configure the serial port
settings, select Tools-->Serial Port Settings from the main menu.
The configuration utility uses a serial port on the computer to transmit the job configuration to the panel. The typical
serial settings are: 9600 Baud, No Parity, 8 Data Bits and One Stop Bit.
Serial Port Settings Backward Compatibility
In old versions of the configuration utility, the serial port settings were stored in the configuration files. In the current
software version, the settings are stored in the user profile.
When you configure the serial port for backward compatibility, the utility will follow this procedure to retrieve the
serial port settings:
1. If there are settings stored in the user profile, it will use them; otherwise it will go to step 2.
2. If there is a loaded configuration, it will try to get the settings from there; otherwise it will go to step 3.
3. The last resort will be to use default values: Port: COM1, Baud: 9600, Parity: No, Data Bits: 8, Stop Bits: 1.
Sending and Getting a Job
In the main menu of the Configurator, select Tools-->Send Configuration or Tools-->Get Configuration from the
main menu. If you have not yet configured the serial port settings, you will be prompted to do so at this time (see
Serial Port Settings on page 15 for details).
Both when sending and getting a job, the configuration utility will validate the job configuration before beginning
data transmission. It will not transmit it if there is an error.
Communication Errors
Sending the configuration
The configuration utility is expecting an acknowledgment back from the panel after the configuration has been sent.
An error will occur if:
• The panel rejects the configuration. The message "The panel rejected the configuration." displays.
• The panel did not respond back within a determined period of time. The message "The panel did not respond
back after sending the configuration." displays.
• The panel response is not recognized. The message "The panel response is unrecognized." displays.
Receiving the configuration
• If the panel did not respond to the configuration utility for a determined period of time, the message: "Serial
communication timeout." displays.
• If the panel sends the configuration (or the configuration utility received some data), and the data was
corrupted, the message "Invalid configuration." displays.
• If the received data size exceeds the expected one, the message "Serial data overflow." displays.
Serial port errors
• "Serial communication error.", indicates a failure in reading-from or writing-to the serial port.
• "Serial control command error.", indicates that the control command that was sent to the serial port has failed.
Note: Changing settings other than the port number will cause a failure in sending and/or getting the
configuration.
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