Microplate Barcode Labeler User Guide - Agilent Technologies

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Chapter 4: Setting up the VCode
VCode User Guide
Communicating with the VCode
Introduction
This topic explains how to open communication with the VCode by
selecting a profile.
Before you start
Before you can select a profile, PlateTag must be running.
Default profiles
The default installation of PlateTag includes two profiles, named:
❑ serial
❑ ethernet
When you first use PlateTag, you select one of these profiles. After that,
you can create your own profiles and use them instead.
First use
When you start PlateTag for the first time, the profiles list box is blank.
You have to open VCode Diagnostics and then close it for the profiles to
show up in the list box.
To display the profiles in PlateTag:
1. In PlateTag, navigate to View > Diagnostics.
2. Click Close to close VCode Diagnostics.
3. Restart PlateTag.
Connecting to the
VCode
To connect to the VCode, you select one of the profiles in PlateTag,
according to the type of communications cable you are using.
To connect to the VCode:
1. In the Device Selection group box of the Print Job page of
PlateTag, select the profile that corresponds to the type of
connection cable you are using.
Note: The COM port defined in the “serial” profile is COM1. If your
VCode is connected to another COM port, use VCode Diagnostics
to change the COM port of the “serial” profile to the correct one.