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Quick Start Instructions
The quick start instructions in Table 16 below are based on the
following assumptions:
- You will use a default setup already loaded in MAWS.
- You have already assembled the MAWS station.
Table 16 Quick Start Instructions
Step Action Detailed Instruction
1. Connect power to MAWS. You can use the AC power supply or
the solar panel.
2. Establish terminal
connection with MAWS.
See section Establishing Terminal
Connection on page 104.
3. Start the MAWS Terminal
software.
See section MAWS Terminal Main
Window on page 106.
4. Make station-dependent
settings for MAWS.
See section Modifying Station
Settings on page 113.
5. Test the setup. With the chosen setup loaded into
MAWS (see section MAWS
Configuration File on page 116),
check that you start receiving reports
and that logging begins.
When taking MAWS into use for the first time or after connecting the
battery, make sure that the station dependent settings are correct, see
section Modifying Station Settings on page 113. For more information
about the commands, see Table 25 on page 129.