Installing the enervista™ mx350 setup software, Connecting enervista mx350 setup to the relay, Configuring serial communications – GE Industrial Solutions MX350 Instruction manual User Manual
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MX350 AUTOMATIC TRANSFER CONTROL SYSTEM – INSTRUCTION MANUAL
ENERVISTA™ MX350 SETUP SOFTWARE
CHAPTER 3: INTERFACING WITH THE MX350 AT CONTROLLER
9.
Press Continue Anyway.
10. At the end press Finish.
11. Check in the Setup Software for the availability of the USB Device on the Device setup
Window. Now the device will reappear on the ‘USB Device’ list.
For the current version, the USB driver can not be installed on Windows Vista Operating
System and communication to the Device via the Native USB port is not supported.
Installing the EnerVista™ MX350 Setup software
After ensuring the minimum PC requirements indicated earlier, use the following procedure
to install the EnerVista™ MX350 Setup software from the enclosed GE EnerVista CD.
1.
From the CD, run the MX350Setup.exe file on your computer.
2.
Follow the installation instructions to install the EnerVista software on the local PC.
3.
When installation is complete, start the EnerVista™ MX350 Setup application.
Connecting EnerVista MX350 Setup to the relay
Configuring serial
communications
Before starting, verify that the cable is properly connected to either the USB port on the
front panel of the device (for USB communications) or to the Serial port on the rear of the
device. This example demonstrates a Serial connection.
1.
Install and start the latest version of the software (available from the GE EnerVista
CD). See the previous section for the installation procedure.
2.
Click on the Device Setup button to open the Device Setup window and click the Add
Site button to define a new site.
3.
Enter the desired site name in the "Site Name" field. If desired, a short description of
the site can also be entered. In this example, we will use “Substation 1” as the site
name.
4.
The new site will appear in the upper-left list in the window.
5.
Click the Add Device button to define the new device.
6.
Enter the desired name in the "Device Name" field and a description (optional) of the
device.
7.
Select “Serial Device” from the Interface drop-down list.