Rice Lake 480 Legend Series Digital Weight Indicator Installation Manual - Manual (Page 44)

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5.0 Using Revolution
The Revolution ® utility provides a suite of functions used to support configuration, calibration, customizing and
backup of the 480 software. Hardware and software configuration, stream and ticket formatting, and database
management are all supported by Revolution.
Calibration values, scale configuration, database tables, and user programs, can be both saved and restored to the
480 using Revolution.
The Rice Lake Web Update utility uses your Internet connection to check for and download updates to the
Revolution and 480 software.
Hardware and Software Requirements
Minimum system requirements: 166 MHz, x86-compatible, with 32 MB RAM (64 MB for NT4/2000/XP), 40 MB
disk space. Recommended system: 233 MHz, x86-compatible or greater, with 64 MB RAM, 40 MB disk space.
Revolution runs on most Windows ® operating systems, including Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, Windows ME,
Windows NT 4.0 (SP4 or greater), Windows 2000, Windows XP (Home or Professional), Windows Vista™ and
Windows 7.
Internet Explorer ® (IE) 4.0 or greater is required to use the Revolution help system. Internet Explorer is included on
the Revolution installation CD or is available from Microsoft Corporation.
5.1 Connecting to the Indicator
Connect the PC serial port to com 1 of the 480, then click Connect in the toolbar. Revolution attempts to establish
communications to the indicator. If communications settings need to be adjusted, select Options… from the Tools
menu.
Downloading to the Indicator
The Download Configuration function on the Revolution Communications menu allows a Revolution configuration
file (with or without scale calibration data) or ticket formats to be downloaded to a connected indicator in user
setup mode.
The Download Section function on the Communications menu allows you to download only the currently displayed
object, such as contact information for a scale configuration.
Because less data is transferred using Download Current Display , it is typically faster than a full configuration
download, but there is an increased possibility that the download may fail due to dependencies on other objects. If
the download fails, try performing a complete download using the
Download Configuration function .
Uploading Configuration to Revolution
The Upload Configuration function on the Revolution Communications menu allows the existing configuration of a
connected indicator to be saved to a file on the PC. Once saved, the configuration file provides a backup that can be
quickly restored to the indicator if needed. Or, the file can be edited within Revolution and downloaded back to the
indicator.