Impulse MAQ20-940 Quick Start Guide - Manual (Page 14)

MAQ
®
20 Quick Start Guide
10
4.0 ReDAQ
®
Shape for MAQ
®
20 Installation and Operation
Download the ReDAQ
®
Shape for MAQ
®
20 Developer version User version software from the
Dataforth website, www.dataforth.com .
If the system will be used with a USB connection to the host PC, the USB Driver must be installed
prior to connecting the system to the computer. Download the driver from
www.dataforth.com and
follow the installation instructions.
After installation has completed, double click the blue ReDAQ Shape icon on the desktop. When
the software starts up, the Acquire Panel and the MAQ20-System tab will be selected.
Figure 8: Start up window, ReDAQ Shape for MAQ20
If the system is connected via USB, ensure the USB Port radio button is selected.
If the system is connected via RS-232 or RS-485, ensure the Serial Port radio button is selected.
Select the appropriate Communication Port number from the drop-down menu. For the initial
connection leave the Baud Rate, Parity and Slave ID unchanged.
If the serial communication port number is not known, press the New Ports: Search button. This
will execute a process that will search through the Serial Comm Ports on the host computer and
detect which port the MAQ
®
20 system is connected to.