Mitutoyo U-WAVE Series - Page 8

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12) Set in the “Item Assign Table” the group IDs and channel, and then press the [OK] button.
13) Press [Data Input] and select [U-WAVE Port]-[Open Port].
14) “Driver for Virtual COM port” appears. Then, press the [OK] button.
15) Click “U-WAVEPAK Data I/F” to display the “Data I/F” dialog.
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19) The system turns into the “Data collection” state, allowing measurement data to be
collected as shown below.
Red cells indicate “Tolerance judgment: NG” and green ones indicate “Tolerance
judgment: GO”.
20) To quit, press [Data Input] and select [U-WAVE Port]-[Close Port]. Proceed to press [Data
Input] and select [Return to File Menu] from the menu.
21) Select [Save Data File(RPX)] from [Data File].
22) Enter a desired file name (RPX) and press the [Save] button.
23) Quit the data collecting macro by selecting [Exit this program] from [Data File].
For detailed procedures of “Data Collection Macro”, refer to the “U-WAVEPAK User’s
Manual” in the “PDF_Manual” folder contained in the supplied CD.
“Adobe Reader” supplied by Adobe Systems Inc. is required to view the manual.
6. Communication over the Virtual COM Port
With the connection of the U-WAVE-R to a personal computer, a virtual COM port appears
allowing the U-WAVE-R to be used as an RS-232C interfaced device connected to an
ordinary COM port is used.
Here is how to communicate with the PC’s Hyper Terminal over the virtual COM port.
1) Boot the U-WAVEPAK with the desktop icon.
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4) Press the [Setup start] button on the U-WAVEPAK menu dialog.
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6) Press the [Exit] button on the U-WAVEPAK menu dialog to exit the U-WAVEPAK.
7) Boot [Hyper Terminal] from Windows programs menu.
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10) The system turns into the Communication state, showing measurement data as in the
figure below.
Press the [Start data I/F] button.
Measurin
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tool A data
Measuring tool B data
a) Select “Grouping Items and
Specify Each Group”.
b) Press the [OK] button.
a) Press the [Stop data I/F] button.
b) Press the [Environment] button.
c) Select “Collects”
d) Press the [OK] button.
b) Select “All data”.
a) Select “ENTER”.
a) Select “Use the driver for Virtual COM port.”
b) Press the [OK] button.
a) Select the COM port of the U-WAVE-R.
b) Press the [Add] button.
c) ”COMXX,57600,0,8,1,1” appears.
d) Press the [OK] button.
a) Confirm the COM port No. of
the U-WAVE-R.
b) Press the [Exit setup] button.
Measuring tool A assignment
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tool B assi
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nment
a) Enter a desired “Name”.
b) Press the [OK] button.
a) Select the COM port No. confirmed in step 5).
b) Press the [OK] button.
a) Set up the port according to the table below.
Bits per second 57600
Data bits 8
Party None
Stop bits 1
Flow control Hardware
b) Press the [OK] button