SS-76 NG USER MANUAL
DOC. NO: SS-76 NG (REVISION 05) Page 8 of 19
7. GETTING STARTED
7.1 As delivered from the factory the buffer can be accessed for setup in the following ways:
i. On serial port 1 using a communications package such as HyperTerminal. The port
settings are 115200 baud, 8 data bit, no parity, 1 stop with hardware flow control
disabled.
ii. Via LAN. Use an Ethernet Telnet terminal package. The SS-77 defaults to using DHCP
with its NetBIOS Name set to SS-77- followed by the last 6 digits of the MAC address.
For example, if the MAC address is 00:21:44:12:34:56 the NBNS name is „SS-77-
123456‟.
7.2 Character Echo. To function correctly with NetLog and other data collection packages the
local echo of typed characters is disabled. In order to view what is being typed it is
necessary to enable local echo. The simplest way to do this is to enter the command
“ECHO ON”. This will automatically be cancelled when the SS-77 is reset. Alternatively one
can enable echo in HyperTerminal by selecting:
“Properties->Settings->ASCII Setup->Echo typed characters locally”
This session can be saved for future use as SS-77 and the settings will be retained.
8. COMMANDS
This will turn on the local echo of characters. It does not affect the download
when using UdpLog, but should be turned off for operation with NetLog or
other collection packages. The echoed characters can corrupt transmitted
records. Default is „OFF‟. Input can be Y/N, T/F, E/D, 1/0 or ON/OFF.
Displays most of the current settings of the SS-77. This display is sensitive
to the translation mode selected, so it will not display the Robodog setup if
ASCII mode is selected.
This will save the current settings to non-volatile memory.
This restores the settings from the non-volatile memory. This would
normally only be used when one wishes to discard changes made so far.
Resets the SS-77. Any setup changes will be lost if they have not been
saved.
Initializes the setup data (Factory Settings) except for the MAC address and
the Dongle Secret Code.
Sets the current date and time of the SS-77. If the setup data is not entered,
then the time is displayed.
Set the Serial Port 1 baud rate.
Valid rates are: 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, 115200.
Set Serial Port 2 baud rate. Valid rates are: 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200.
Sets the number of data bits and parity format for Serial Port 2. The options
are 8N, 7N, 7O or 7N. One or two stop bits are always acceptable.
Beeper volume. Volume < 0> = off, <100> = maximum
Short Record Elimination length is <nnn>. Valid values are from 0 to 39. If
this value is set to a value other then 0, it will prevent the storage of a
record that has fewer characters than it is set. I.E. Setting it to 10 will
prevent the storage of records with less than 10 characters. It is only active
for ASCII and STX ETX modes. The default value is 1 ensuring that empty
lines (CR/LF only) are eliminated.
