1. All rights reserved, property and © CAD Computer GmbH & Co.KG 2009 Cover page

2. All rights reserved, property and © CAD-Computer GmbH & Co.KG 2009 General purpose What is the device manager? (Configuration, Device configuration.) All measurement devices must be added and configured here! What is the interface configuration? (Configuration, Interface configuration.) All COM-interfaces must be configured here! What is the project configuration? ( or Project, Configuration.) All measurement channels must be configured and set up here!  How to setup a project?

3. All rights reserved, property and © CAD-Computer GmbH & Co.KG 2009 Every measurement device which should be used, MUST be added here! The device manager’s path is: Configuration, Device configuration. The device manager Changes the way of displaying the devices Adds a device Deletes a device List of all added devices Receives, sends and edits the setup of a listed device Loading and saving the setup of a listed device from memory card. Initialization of the memory card Tests the connection to a listed device Sends control commands to a listed device Online help

4. All rights reserved, property and © CAD-Computer GmbH & Co.KG 2009 Adding a device Click and select the desired device.

5. All rights reserved, property and © CAD-Computer GmbH & Co.KG 2009 Configuring a device 1 Select interface If ethernet as interface, setting the IP-address is possible Select specifier in case of more than one of the same device Setup the DA- module configuration Autodetect the module configuration Test the connection to the device

6. All rights reserved, property and © CAD-Computer GmbH & Co.KG 2009 Configuring a device 2 Select interface Select specifier in case of more than one of the same device Select the used slot-cards Autodetect the used slot- cards with configuration Test the connection to the device Configure the used slot-cards

7. All rights reserved, property and © CAD-Computer GmbH & Co.KG 2009 Configuring an interface 1 MCPS can handle up to 36 COM-Ports Either as real existing COM-Ports or as virtual COM- Ports generated by a COM-server Select a COM-Port by a doubleclick on its icon

8. All rights reserved, property and © CAD-Computer GmbH & Co.KG 2009 Configuring an interface 2 Make your interface settings as: Baudrate (From 300 up to 115200 Baud) Parity (None, odd or even) Number of data bits (Seven or eight) Number of stop bits (1 or 1,5 or 2) Kind of Handshake (None, hardware-handshake or software-handshake (Xon)) depending on the connected device.

9. All rights reserved, property and © CAD-Computer GmbH & Co.KG 2009 Project configuration left Adding one or a selectable number of channels Save your project settings Delete one or a number of marked channels Select your device Select a number of channels for block operation Select a channel of your device Select your sample rate Select a unit of the measured data Type in a tag Type in a comment Select a color to display the data in a trend Change YMIN and YMAX for the trend

10. All rights reserved, property and © CAD-Computer GmbH & Co.KG 2009 Project configuration right Type in a mathematical formula for example to convert the raw data Switch On or Off the mathematic for this channel Select if the channel value is displayed in the numeric window Select the number of digits behind the decimal point Enter the channel alarm settings Select if the channel value is displayed in the trend window Select if the channel value is displayed in the digital window Select if the channel value is considered at the export of data Select the number of markers displayed in the trend window

11. All rights reserved, property and © CAD-Computer GmbH & Co.KG 2009 Project configuration options Group manager Path Additional project info Auto files Data reduction Start/Stop times for DAQ Alarm settings Default settings Automation settings Extra options Print configuration Help

12. All rights reserved, property and © CAD-Computer GmbH & Co.KG 2009 Project configuration - Example Testdrv is an intern device of MCPS, which produces test signals like saw tooth or sinus