SATEC PAS - Manual (Page 5)

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options for your meter. If the meter has an onboard logging memory, select the
correct memory module size for your meter.
You can add any comments to the 'Comments' box, such as meter location or any
other data concerning this particular site.
You cannot change the site properties or communication settings when
the 'On-line' button
on the toolbar is checked. Uncheck it before
entering the 'Configuration' dialogs.
Setting up Communications
Your meters can be connected to a PC through serial communications (directly to
your PC RS-232 port, via the RS-485 to RS-232 converter, or through a modem),
the Internet (using the SATEC ETC-2002 Network Communicator), or the USB
port.
To provide PAS with information on your meter location, select 'Configuration'
from the Tools menu. In the 'Communication' group on the 'Instrument Setup'
tab, select the type of a connection for your meter, and set the device
communication address you assigned to the meter. The 'Sampling Rate' box defines
a rate at which PAS will update data on your screen when you continuously poll
the meter in the PAS Data Monitor.
If you selected 'Serial Port/Modem Site', click on the 'Connection' tab to select a
port on the PC through which PAS will communicate to your meter.
Selecting a Protocol for a Serial Port/Modem
On the 'Connection' tab, click on 'Protocol' and select the communications
protocol as you have selected in your meter.
Note