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DMC-1700/1800 Chapter 4 - Software Tools and Communications • 57
Communication Settings for ISA and PCI
The Galil SmartTERM application installation (as well as WSDK, ActiveX, and DMCWIN32 installations) includes the
necessary drivers and .DLL files required to communicate with the Galil controller. The drivers are automatically
installed and default communications settings are applied to the device by the driver when a card is installed as per the
installation procedure outlined in Ch.2. However, some advanced settings are available to modify the communications
methods and data record access. These settings are accessed through the Galil Registry Editor after the card is properly
installed.
Galil Registry Editor
The “Edit Registry” dialog box (shown in Fig 4.4) can be accessed by selecting Controller Registration… under the
Tools menu (or by selecting the toolbar icon with the magnifying glass) within DMC SmartTERM. The Edit Registry
dialog shows the current controller models installed to the PC along with their associated I/O addresses, interrupt lines,
and controller serial numbers. The Galil Registry is part of the DMCReg.ocx ActiveX object (refer to Fig 4.4). This
ActiveX control is used to create, maintain, and modify the communication parameters, which are discussed next.
Figure 4.4 - Galil Registry Editor
Setting Communications Parameters and Methods
To access the Controller Communication Parameters dialog, highlight the desired controller in the Galil Registry Editor
accessed through SmartTERM and select the Properties command button.
The timeout property under the General Parameters tab (shown in Fig 4.5) allows the user to select the timeout period
that the Galil software waits for a response from the controller before generating an error. If the controller does not reply
to a command with the data response and a colon (or just a colon for commands that do not invoke responses), then the
Galil software API will generate the timeout error code -1 (A time-out occurred while waiting for a response from the
Galil controller). The default setting for the timeout is 5000ms, which should be sufficient for most cases.