Readme.txt

                      ***** RS-232C PROGRAM *****

                     - MICROSOFT WINDOWS APPLICATION PROGRAM -

 1. HARDWARE/SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS

     . IBM PC OR COMPATIBLE COMPUTER
     . OS : MICROSOFT WINDOWS 
     . SERIAL PORT FOR CONECTION WITH COUNTER

 2. INSTALLING ON A HARD DISK
 
     1) START WINDOWS
     2) INSERT THE DEMONSTRATION DISKETTE INTO PROPER DRIVE
     3) MOVE TO FILE MANAGER AND SELECT DRIVE OF THE DEMONSTRATION DISKETTE
     4) CLICK TO SETUP.EXE FILE
     5) THE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM WILL BE INSTALLED AUTOMATICALLY IN HARD DISK

 3. STARTING
     
     1) CONNECT RS-232C CABLE BETWEEN COUNTER AND PORT OF COMPUTER
     2) TURN ON POWER SWITCH OF THE COUNTER 
     3) START WINDOWS
     4) CLICK TO COUNTER ICON.
     5) SELECT THE "TYPE OF COUNTER" CONNECTED IN COMPUTOR
	  UNIVERSAL COUNTER
	  FREQUENCY COUNTER
	  
     6) PROGRAM IS READY. CLICK TO START BOX TO START COMMUNICATION

 4. COMMUNICATION

     START : STARTS INTERFACING BETWEEN COUNTER AND PC.
     STOP  : STOPS INTERFACING

 5. COMMUNICATION PORT: SERIAL PORT INITIAL SETTING BY BUTTON
                 PORT : COM1/COM2/COM3/COM4
 
 6. OUTPUT DATA FOMAT

     1) BAUD RATE : 9600BPS
         	  1 start  bit (0)
               	  8 data  bit 
                  1 stop  bit (1)
                  NONE PARITY

     2) TO  Frequency counter

         COMMAND	       PARAMETER	  TERMINATE CODE
  	                       '0' : OFF	  
       'H' : HOLD	       '1' : ON	          CR (0DH)
	                       '2' : TOGGLE	

	                       '0' : 0.01 SEC	
       'G' : GATE	       '1' : 0.1 SEC	  CR (0DH)
	                       '2' : 1 SEC	
	                       '3' : 10 SEC	

       'D' : DATA  REQUEST     DON'T CARE	  CR(0DH)

       'F' : FUNCTION SET      N*	          CR(0DH)

       'R' : REMOTE	       '0' : OFF	  CR(0DH)
 	                       '1' : ON	  
                                                                                 


       N*=	 		0    1    2	 3	 4	5     6      7
	   1.5(3.0)GHz,U/C	FA   FB   FC   PRIOD	TOTAL	NC   RATIO   TI
	   100MHz,U/C		FA   FB   NC   PRIOD	TOTAL	NC   RATIO   TI
	   1.5(3.0, 3.7)GHz,F/C	FA   NC   FC   PRIOD	TOTAL	RPM    NC    NC
	   100MHz,F/C		FA   NC   NC   PRIOD	TOTAL	RPM    NC    NC
  
     3)  From  Frequency counter
		DATA                    UNIT
        	10BYTES include dp      4bytes    CR
 
 7. DISPLAY

       DATE      : DATE OF DATA INPUT
       TIME      : TIME OF DATA INPUT
       FUNCTION  : FUNCTION OF THE COUNTER
       G.T       : GATE TIME OF THE COUNTER
       HOLD      : DATA HOLD OF THE COUNTER 
       MAIN DATA DISPLAY : INPUT DATA OF SIGNAL
       UNIT      : UNIT OF INPUT SIGNAL

 8. SPECIAL FUNCTION MENU

       RECORD FUNCTION
       CLICK TO REC AND THEN THE TWO VALUES OF MIN/MAX WILL BE RECORDED
       AND DISPLAYED.

 

 9. GRAPH
	
       	ON    : GRAPH STARTS
       	OFF   : GRAPH STOPS
	CLEAR : CLEARING GRAPH
       	SETUP : DEFAULT FOR GRAPH BY SUB-MENU
	       Y Axis : MAX/MIN  READING VALUE SETTING
	       X Axis : READING NO. SETTING FROM 280, 350, 700 AND 1400

 10. FILE: DATA SAVING AND LOAD
	
	1) SAVE : SAVE THE READING DATE TO FILE
	CLICK TO SAVE AND TYPE PATH NAME, FILE NAME AND SAMPLING TIME.
        DATA CAN BE STORED OPTIONALY WITH OR WITHOUT TIME AND UNIT RECORDING.
	
	2) LOAD : RETRIEVE THE SAVED DATA FROM FILE
        TO LOAD THE DATA FROM A FILE, CLICK TO LOAD AND TYPE PATH NAME AND FILE NAME.
        Pgdwn AND Pgup IS SHIFTING DOWN AND UP 100 READINGS.
        PRINT WILL PRINT LIST-UP OF DATA.

 11. PRINTER

	RDGDATA ON/OFF: START AND STOP PRINTING OF READING DATA
	SCREEN: STARTS PRINTING OF WINDOW SCREEN


 12. DEFAULT SETTING
	WHEN EXIT, CLICK TO YES TO SAVE VAUES AS DEFAULT.