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6.1. Assigning COM Ports

1. On the PC, open Device Manager

2. Expand ‘Ports (COM & LPT), you should see several communication ports, as well as 2 USB serial ports.

3. Unplug CBL30013 from the PC, one of the serial ports should disappear, whichever one stays on the screen is CBL30014 – Radiometer A – record this somewhere

4. Plug CBL30013 back in and unplug CBL300014, whichever one stays on the screen is CBL30013 - Radiometer B - record this somewhere

5. Go to the C://DC/Source/Source/Data folder and open ‘Serial Radiometer.xml’

6. Change the COM ports for radiometer A and B to the COM ports just recorded

7. Save the SerialRadiometer.xml file

8. Open the DC200 software and log in as Engineer

9. Go to the Settings > Config page and find the ‘Radiometers Installed’ setting

10. Set this to ‘ILT x 1’ or ‘ILTx2’ based on the number of ILT1000s in use

11. Press Save

12. Exit the software

13. Restart the software

14. Confirm that there are numbers displaying in the ‘Live Readings’ window(s) on the Radiometer screen