Brookfield R/S CPS Rheometer - Manual (Page 44)

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1. Switch the rheometer and the PC off.
2. Connect the rheometer (RS232 connector port at the back side of the instrument) to a free
serial interface (e.g. COM2) of the PC. Use the cable supplied by Brookfield.
3. Switch the PC and the rheometer on.
4. Set the data transfer parameters at the rheometer (see Section VI.7.5). Here: Standard set-
ting 4800 Baud, Parity n, Stopbit 1, Databit 8.
5. Select the RS232 interface as the output device at the rheometer (see Section VI.7.1).
6. Open the “Windows Accessories” program on the PC.
7. Start the “Terminal” program.
8. Select the menu level “Settings” →“Data transfer.”
A window will appear where you can set the data transfer parameters:
- Select from “Connection” the COM-port to which the rheometer is connected.
- Set “Baud rate” to “4800”.
- Set “Databits” to “8”.
- Set “Stopbits” to “1”.
- Set “Parity” to “No parity”.
- Set “Protocol” to “No protocol”.
- Deactivate “Parity check” checkbox (if crossed).
- Deactivate “Carrier signal detection” checkbox (if crossed).
- Finish input by pressing the
OK key.
9. Select the menu option “Settings” → “Terminal Settings”.
A window will appear where you can set the data transfer parameters:
- Select “English” option.
- Activate “IBM in ANSI” (if not crossed yet).
10. 10. Parameters of the terminal program that have been changed up to this time can be stored
under the menu option “File” → “Save” by entering the file name, e.g. “R/S-CPS+ Rheom-
eter.TRM”. (When the terminal program is started again, this file with can be opened by:
“File” → “Open” and load the parameters for data transfer with the R/S-CPS+ Rheometer.)
11. Now select the menu level “Transfer” → “Text file reception”.
- Enter the file name for the stored data sent from the rheometer (e.g “TEST.TXT”).
- The message “Receving: TEST.TXT” will then appear in the status line of the terminal
program.
12. The terminal program is now ready to receive data.
13. Start measurement with the rheometer. Measuring points should appear as text on the PC
display after a short period of time.
14. When the data of one or several measurements have been transferred into the selected text
file, terminate the data transfer and end the terminal program.
Should a receiver other than a PC be used for serial data transfer, the pin assignment of this receiver
must be checked before the connection is made. See Appendix A.3 to find the pin assignment of
the serial interface plug as well as the data link cable. VII.