Thermo Scientific TVA-1000B Instruction Manual - Geotech ...

Display Menus MI 611-185 – June 1996
5. Now that the TVA-1000B is waiting to send data, click on OK at the F.E.M.S.
window, instructing F.E.M.S. to begin the upload.
6. Once the analyzer has finished sending the data to F.E.M.S., the TVA-1000B display
will read “PC data transfer successfully completed” and return to the PC
LINK menu.
Text Transfer
The TVA-1000B is also capable of data transfer to an IBM PC running software to emulate a
terminal. The data is formatted as readable ASCII text.
The following information can be uploaded from the TVA-1000B to the PC:
a. Route List
b. TVA-1000B Configuration
c. TVA-1000B Calibration Parameters
d. Logged Data
The following information can be downloaded from a PC to the TVA:
a. Route List
b. TVA-1000B Configuration
c. TVA-1000B Calibration Parameters
Two control modes are supported:
a. Manual – the user requests a specific text upload or download at the
TVA-1000.
b. Auto – the TVA-1000B performs a specific text upload or download as
requested by a control character received from the IBM PC. The TVA-1000B
stays in this mode until canceled by the user at the TVA-1000B or by a control
code from the IBM PC.
Communications
A commercially available PC communications software package is required to establish a link
with the TVA-1000B. Examples of such packages include PROCOMM PLUS and Windows
Terminal. The following settings should be used:
Baud Rate: 9600
Data Bits: 7
Stop Bit: 1
Parity: Odd
Flow Control: XON/XOFF
The data can be uploaded from the TVA-1000B to a file, a terminal screen or a serial printer.
Data can also be downloaded to the TVA-1000B. Downloaded files must follow the format
prescribed in this manual precisely to ensure proper data transmission.
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