Appendix C
A-89
The message
CONNECTING....
is displayed for several seconds while the PC and the
flowmeter attempt to establish communication.
If the units connect, the VT100 screen is displayed (Figure A-1).
If the units do not connect, the RS232 settings may need to be reconfigured (Section
A.4) or Windows may still be running in the background. (Refer to the
IMPORTANT
comment appearing after step 3.)
NOTE:
If communicating with a DDF5088, VT100 mode is not available, and a
different screen is displayed instead. Refer to Chapter 4 of the DDF5088
manual for more information.
Figure A-1 VT100 Screen
VT100 mode provides the ability to remotely monitor and configure the flowmeter
(Section A.3). From the VT100 screen, the following additional functions can be
selected by pressing the appropriate function keys displayed at the bottom of the
screen:
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RS232 parameter setup (Section A.4)
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Data log file downloads and deletions (Section A.5)
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Software uploads (Section A.6)
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Graphical signal analysis for the DDF4088 and DDF4488 (Section A.7)