Monarch Instrument Guardian User Manual

MONARCH INSTRUMENT

Instruction Manual

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Guardian Software

15 Columbia Drive
Amherst, NH 03031-2334 USA
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Website: www.monarchinstrument.com

Contents

1 GUARDIAN SOFTWARE ..............................................................................................................1

1.1 Overview .........................................................................................................................................................1

2 INSTALLATION ...........................................................................................................................1

2.1 Windows 95/98/2000/NT/XP..........................................................................................................................1

2.2 Windows 3.1 ...................................................................................................................................................1

3 GETTING CONNECTED ..............................................................................................................1

3.1 Setting up your Recorder.................................................................................................................................1

3.2 Configuring the Guardian IP Address Book....................................................................................................2

4 USING GUARDIAN SOFTWARE...................................................................................................3

4.1 Logging On to a Recorder...............................................................................................................................3

4.2 The Virtual Recorder Overview ......................................................................................................................3

4.3 Recording Data with Guardian........................................................................................................................4

4.4 Transferring Files ............................................................................................................................................5

4.5 Changing the Pen Trending View Display......................................................................................................6

4.6 Changing the Minutes per Screen Display ......................................................................................................7

4.7 Optimizing the Modbus Connection ...............................................................................................................8

4.8 Changing the Virtual Recorder Screen Size..................................................................................................10

1 Guardian Software

1.1 Overview

Guardian Software is a real-time data monitoring and collection program, which utilizes the Modbus

over Ethernet protocol to obtain connectivity.

2 Installation

2.1 Windows 95/98/2000/NT/XP

To install the Guardian package:

Place the supplied 3½" disk into your floppy drive. Select Start/Run. Type in A:\SETUP or

B:\SETUP depending on which drive you inserted the floppy disk into. Press the "OK" button. This

will run the setup program that will automatically install the Guardian Software.

2.2 Windows 3.1

Windows 3.1 is not supported.

3 Getting Connected

3.1 Setting up your Recorder

Please refer to your Recorder manual for the proper method of setting up the unit’s IP Address and

SubNet Mask.

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3.2 Configuring the Guardian IP Address Book

To add Recorders to the IP Address Book, select “Recorder List” from the Setup pull-down menu. The

Recorder IP List window will appear (see below).

Enter the appropriate IP address for each Recorder along with a brief description to identify them. Once

you have finished adding Recorders to the Address Book, press the OK button.

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