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Using ADView
4.1 WHAT IS ADVIEW?
ADView is a software package provided by Solartron to enable you to configure our
density and viscosity transmitters and view and save data from them, to check that they
are functioning correctly. ADView is installed on a PC, and interacts with the transmitter
via one of the PC’s serial (RS232) ports.
ADView requires Microsoft’s Windows operating system: Windows 3.1, 95, 98 or NT.
Note: To connect to an RS485/Modbus device, such as the 7828, you will need an
adapter between the PC and the transmitter (see Section 3).
ADView provides many useful facilities, such as:
•= Setting up serial link to communicate with 7828
•= Configuring the transmitter
•= Displaying data in real time, or as a graph
•= Logging data to a file
•= Verifying correct operation of the system, and diagnosing faults
•= Loading or storing Modbus register values
•= Read/write to individual Modbus registers.
4.2 INSTALLING ADVIEW
Identify the three floppy disks containing the installation files for ADView.
Insert Disk #1 into an appropriate drive on your PC.
Run ‘setup.exe’. (Open File Manager or Windows Explorer, choose “File... Run...” and
then “Browse...” to find the ‘setup.exe’.)
This will start the installation program. You will be asked to supply your name and
organisation name for registration purposes, and supply a directory path into which
ADView’s files can be loaded (a default directory path will be suggested).
Follow the installation instructions until installation is complete. It will normally only take a
few minutes. You can abandon the installation if you need to do so.
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