Campbell Scientific PC400 Datalogger Support Software - Manual (Page 42)

Section 4. The PC400 Main Screen
Selecting a device and baud rate, and then clicking Open Terminal causes
PC400 to attempt to connect with that device. If the device is a datalogger,
PC400 will call the datalogger over whatever communications link has been
established and will attempt to get a prompt from that datalogger. If the device
is a root device, such as a serial or COM port, PC400 simply opens that port at
the specified baud rate.
Terminal Emulator has several uses. If you open a COM port, you can use it to
set up devices that present their own menus, such as RF400 radios or NL100s.
See the manual for that particular device for information on how to navigate
the menus and what settings to choose.
Another potential use is to communicate with smart devices attached to the
datalogger. Some dataloggers allow a “pass-through” mode whereby you can
communicate through them to an attached SDI-12 sensor to set its address or
other parameters. See the manuals for the datalogger and sensor for the relevant
commands.
Troubleshooting communications devices is another use for Terminal
Emulator. When calling for support on these devices, an applications engineer
may ask you to use this method to manually dial through phone or RF modems,
for example.
You can close a connection to start another one by clicking the Close Terminal
button. You can close the Terminal Emulator itself by clicking the [X] button
in the upper right corner of the screen.
4.5.3 Network Menu
4.5.3.1 Add/Delete/Edit/Rename Datalogger
The Add, Delete, and Edit options perform the same functions as the buttons
on the main toolbar. The Rename Datalogger can be used to change the name
of a datalogger.
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