GE General Electric Oxygen Equipment PT878 User Manual

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Chapter 6. Programming Meter Settings
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Transport® Model PT878 Portable Liquid Flowmeter User’s Manual
6.9  Changing Communications Settings (cont.)
1.
From the Meter menu, scroll to the Communications entry and press 
[ENTER]
. The Communications window appears similar to Figure 83 
below. 
Figure 83: Communications Window
2.
The first prompt asks for the node identification number, which can be 
any number from 1 to 240. Do NOT change the node ID unless 
instructed by GE
.
a.
Press 
[ENTER]
 to open the text box.
b.
Use the numeric keys to enter the node ID.
c.
Press 
[ENTER]
 to confirm the entry.
3.
The next prompt asks you to select the communications interface from 
two options: IrDA (Infrared Data Association) and the IR232 virtual 
interface. You must use IrDA when using an IR printer or transfer 
application such as QuickBeam. Use the [
W
] and [
X
] keys to scroll to 
the desired selection, and press 
[ENTER]
.
Communications
Node ID
2
Comm Interface 
IrDA   
IR 232
Baud Rate    9600
bps
Parity
None
Stop Bits   
Data Bits
1
2
7
8
Cancel
OK