CHAPTER 9 DATA TRANSFER
9 Data Transfer
Since the introduction of the WinControl software, the normal
way of data transfer from the MINI-PAM to a PC is via a special
routine provided by WinControl (see separate manual). In addition,
two other programs are provided for the transfer of data from the
MINI-PAM via RS-232 interface cable to a PC. MS-DOS and
WINDOWS versions of the MINI-PAM DATA TRANSFER program
PAMTRANS are available on the disk which is delivered together
with the MINI-PAM. They are installed as follows:
MS-DOS version: Enter 'A:' and enter 'INSTALL'. After
connection of the RS 232 cable and definition of the communication
port (COM 1, 2, ...) the system is ready for data transfer.
WINDOWS version: Enter 'A:\SETUP' at the Program Manager
level of WINDOWS (select first 'File' and then 'Run'). Then SETUP
will be initialized and PAMTRANS.WIN installed. Before data
transfer can be carried out, the RS 232 cable has to be connected and
the communication port (COM 1, 2, ...) has to be defined.
With the WINDOWS-version transfer of 1000 data sets takes ca.
90 s, as compared to 9 min with the MS-DOS version. The steps
required for carrying out the transfer of defined data sets, which are
almost identical for the two versions, shall be briefly described. Fig.
6 and Fig. 7 illustrate the screen layouts used with MS-DOS- and
WINDOWS-versions, respectively. After start of the program the last
measured data set is entered by default into the 'Last Data' field. The
user can enter MEMORY-numbers defining the limits of the transfer
into the 'First Data' and 'Last Data' fields. Before starting the transfer,
a Destination File must be entered into the corresponding parameter
field. The data are processed as text file and the extension .TXT will
be automatically added to the Destination File name.
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