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4.1.3 Select the Communications Port

Use the “Using Com:” control to select the RS-232 communication port connected

to the I

C adapter. Message Center supports USB and network connected local or

remote RS-232 ports via the Windows Com driver.

4.1.4 Options Menu

Use the Options menu to override default Baud Rate and I

C Bus Clock rate

settings. Default settings and options are adapter dependant.

4.1.5 Establish Adapter Communications Link

Establish the communications link to the I

C adapter by clicking the Open Link

button.

The Message Center sets the adapter’s own I

C Slave address to 0xFE. Once the

link has opened successfully, you are an active I

C node. I

C messages entered into

the message spreadsheet can be transmitted upon request. If the link open is not

successful, follow the on-screen directions. Make sure the communications port is

working, is enabled in the Windows Device Manager, and is not being used by

other software.

4.1.6 Entering or Editing I

C Messages

C messages can be entered with the Message Editor, or a previously recorded

message list can be loaded from the File menu.

To enter or edit a message, open the “I

C Message Editor” screen by double

clicking on a message row in the spreadsheet.

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