Bio-Rad PowerPac™ Universal Power Supply User Manual

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Section 4

Operation with a Personal Computer and PDA

The PowerPac Universal is capable of transmitting methods to and from a PDA, and
transmitting run data to a personal computer (PC) or PDA through the IR port located on
the front of the power supply.

4.1 Operation with a Personal Computer

Communication between a PowerPac Universal power supply and a PC requires

that the PowerPac data transfer software (Catalog Number 164-5067, includes

PowerPac remote software also) be installed on a compatible PC. The PowerPac

data transfer software for the PC is compatible with computers that run the

Windows 2000™ or Windows XP™ operating system and that include an IrDA

port. The PowerPac data transfer software is used to transmit run data from the

PowerPac Universal or PDA, to a PC. PowerPac data transfer software

instructions are contained within the help file of the software itself and will not be

discussed here.

4.2 Operation with a PDA

Communication between a PowerPac Universal power supply and a PDA requires

that the PowerPac remote software (Catalog Number 164-5067, includes PC

software also) be installed on a compatible PDA. The PowerPac remote

software is compatible with any PDA that runs Palm OS version 4.0 or above. With

the PowerPac remote software the PDA can perform the following functions:

Transmit methods to and from the PowerPac Universal.

Receive data from the PowerPac Universal

Transmit data to a PC

Create and store up to 20 methods

Store up to 20 data files

Provide unique data file identification

Instructions for the PowerPac remote software for PDA operation are given in

the following two sections.

4.2.1 Create, Edit and Transmit Methods

Step Procedure

Description

1.

Start the software

Start the PowerPac Remote software and
press Select/Edit Methods

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Select/Edit Methods...

Run Data

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