SerialTester Online Help

      SerialTester is a Windows-based application for testing and/or monitoring a StressLogic controller via RS-232 bus.

 

Shortcuts

      Controller

Read controller

Ctrl + r

Autostatus on/off

Ctrl + a

Power on

Ctrl + p

Power off

Ctrl + 0 (nil)
 

      Log/Terminal

Save log:

Ctrl + s

Load command file:

Ctrl + l

Pause/Continue logging:

Pause

Mark line:

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
Cursor down
Page up
Page down
Cursor left
Cursor right

 

To begin testing

1)      Start SerialTester.

2)      Connect (Connection -> Connect).

3)      Initialize controller (Connection -> Initialize SL).

4)      Turn motor power on (Ctrl + p).

5)      Load and send parameters for each motor (Setup -> Parameters -> Motor A, B, C).

 

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

opens the Preferences dialog.

Autoscroll

Sets automatic log scrolling on update on/off (default: On).

      Connection

Connect

opens the serial port.

Disconnect

closes the serial port.

Port Settings

opens the port settings dialog (changes take effect upon next connection).

Initialize SL

sends the initialization command to the controller.

      Help

Help

opens this file in the default browser.

About SerialTester

shows the version and copyright information of the software.

 

Dialogs

      Preferences

Log Buffer Size

is the maximum allowed size for the visible log (1 – 100000 kb).

Autostatus Interval

sets the interval that the autostatus feature sends its status polls on (200 – 60000 ms). Values of 1000 or greater are recommended.

Save log automatically

While this option is on, SerialTester will save the log automatically in a new file whenever you exit the program.

      Parameters for Motor <motor indicator>

Load

loads parameters for this motor from a parameter (.par) file.

Save

saves parameters for this motor in a parameter (.par) file.

Send

sends the current parameters for this motor to the controller.

Close

closes the dialog.

      Port Settings

NOTE: Any changes to these options take effect upon the next connection.

Port used

sets the COM port used (default: COM1).

Bits per second

sets the baud rate (default: 9600).

Data bits

sets the number of data bits (default: 8).

Parity

sets the parity (default: None).

Stop bits

sets the number of stop bits (default: 1).

Flow control

sets the handshaking mode (default: None).

 

Other controls

      Motor box controls

Param

opens the parameter dialog for the motor.

Cal

sends the calibration command to the controller.

Zero

sends the “set to zero” command to the controller.

Start

starts the motor.

Stop

stops the motor.

<

manually drives the motor into the negative direction as long as the button is pressed.

>

manually drives the motor into the positive direction as long as the button is pressed.

Read

reads motor status.

      Log controls

Mark

inserts a marker line into the log (does nothing unless there already is something in the log).

Pause

pauses logging (press again to continue).

Save

saves the log into an ASCII text file.

      Terminal controls

NOTE: You may also press Enter in the terminal window to send individual commands.

Send

sends the command under the text cursor to the controller.

Send all

sends every command in the command buffer to the controller.

Load

loads a command file (which is just ASCII text).

Save

saves the commands into an ASCII text file.

      Controller controls

NOTE: Clicking on any of the output LEDs turns the corresponding controller output on or off.

Read

reads controller status.

On

turns motor power on.

Off

turns motor power off.

 

 

 

 

SerialTester v1.0 (c) Stresstech Ltd 2003 - Created for Stresstech Ltd by Susanna Blomqvist, Antti Korhonen, Heikki Mylläri and Pekka Pakari under the supervision of the Department of Mathematical Information Technology, University of Jyväskylä.