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Measurement—Operator’s Manual 37
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1.7 Data Acquisition Software
The 3600 instrument can be used as a PC data acquisition device through the
Windows
®
-compatible “moca3600” program, available as model 32680.E.
The moca3600 program uses the instrument’s RS-232 connection to set up a table
of measurement information including gas concentration, temperature, and time.
The program can use any available serial port on your computer. It may be
necessary to run an independent utility on your PC in order to designate such a
“COM” port. The port must be set for the following communication parameters:
Baud rate: 9600; Data bits: 8; Stop Bit: 1; Start Bit: 0;
Parity: None; Flow control: None
1.7.1 Program Setup
First, copy the contents of the floppy disk (designated here as drive “A”) onto
your hard drive (designated here as drive “C”). About 80 kilobytes of hard disk
space is needed. (A “MOCA3600.INI” file is created in the C:\WINDOWS directory by
the moca3600 program to save user changes to default program settings.)
1.7.1.1 Windows 3.1 Setup
To do this using Windows 3.1, place the floppy disk in its drive and choose File,
Copy from the File Manager menu to bring up this dialog box:
Type the copy command as shown above and choose OK or press ENTER. A box
appears, stating “Directory C:\MOCA3600 does not exist. Do you want to create
it?” Choose YES or press ENTER to confirm that you do.
To set up the program in conventional Windows fashion (i.e., where one can
double-click on an icon to start the program), switch to Program Manager. Think
about which program group you want the moca3600 program icon to appear in,
and click once within that program group.
Select File, New, Program Item. A box appears:
Complete the instructions as shown. Click on OK when finished, and a
“MOCA3600” program icon will appear on-screen.
1.7.1.2 Windows 95 Setup
To setup the program using Windows 95, first place the floppy disk in its drive.
Now, open the Windows Explorer and copy the moca3600 program, as follows.
1. In the Explorer’s Folders list, click on the (C:) drive icon.
2. In the Explorer File menu, point to New, and then click on Folder.
3. Type “Moca3600” for the folder name, and press ENTER.
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