SerialTester Online Help

 

Shortcuts

   Controller

    Read controller:    Ctrl + r
    Autostatus on/off:	Ctrl + a
    Power on:		Ctrl + p
    Power off:  	Ctrl + 0
 

   Log/Terminal

    Save log:           Ctrl + s
    Load command file:  Ctrl + o
    Pause logging:      Ctrl +
    Mark:               Ctrl + m
 

   Individual motors

                   Motor 1          Motor 2         Motor 3
    Start:         Ctrl + F1        Ctrl + F5       Ctrl + F9
    Stop:          Ctrl + F2        Ctrl + F6       Ctrl + F10
    Read:          F1               F5              F9
    Parameters:    F2               F6              F10
    Calibrate:     F3               F7              F11
    Set Zero:      F4               F8              F12
    Manual drive:  Cursor up        Page up         Cursor left
                   Cursor down	    Page down       Cursor right

 

 

Menus

   File

        Save Log as                 Saves the log into an ASCII file.
        Load Command File           Loads a command file.
        Save Command File as        Saves the command buffer as a command file.

   Edit

        Clear Log                   Clears the log.

   Setup

        Parameters (submenu)        Opens the motor parameter dialogs.
        Autostatus                  Sets automatic reading for controller and motor status
                                     on/off (default: off).
        Preferences                 Set maximum log buffer size (1 kb - 100 Mb), autostatus
                                     interval (100 - 60000 ms) and automatic log saving
                                     (default: on) here.
        Autoscroll                  Sets automatic log scrolling on update on/off (default: on).

   Connection

        Connect                     Opens the serial port.
        Disconnect                  Closes the serial port.
        Port Settings               Configure serial port settings here (changes take effect
                                     upon next connection).
        Initialize SL               Sends the initialization command to controller.

   Help

        Help                        Opens this file in default browser.
        About SerialTester          Shows version and copyright information.

 

 

 

SerialTester v1.0 (c) Stresstech Ltd 2003 - Created for Stresstech Ltd by Susanna Blomqvist, Antti Korhonen, Heikki Mylläri and Pekka Pakari under the authority of the Department of MIT, University of Jyväskylä. Infinite recursion = bad.