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How to set up the clock monitor string

Alex Lippitt
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To set up the clock monitor string you will need to:

  1. Navigate to the I/O tab in the Tekron configuration Tool 
  2. Select Clock Monitor under the serial string on the P4 output
  3. Set the Baud rate to 9600
  4. Set the format to be 8-N-1
  5. Click the store settings button 
  6. Log the serial string on your computer
    1. Record at least 30 minutes. 

By default the serial port on a clock is configured for DCE and requires a straight through serial cable. The serial port can be connected to the laptop with a dedicated serial port or with a USB-to-serial converter 

On your computer, you will need to view and log the serial output from the clock, you will need a terminal program such as TeraTerm. Using your terminal program, you will then need to configure it to use the same Baud and format configured for the clock ( Baud: 9600, Format: 8-N-1). Then confirm you can see human readable text. 

 

An example of the string looks like: 

20181218,104127,+0800,18,2252275,2208506,1, 6, 15, 2, +0, +0,16384,0000000F,0000000A, 1,8,182504, 1 1 2,70,0,609,1,0, 3,40,13,00,09,00,0040* 

 

Note: This can only be performed on TCG 01-E, TCG 01-G, TCG 02-E and TCG 02-G Units.