Setup Tool (configuration)

Configuration is a tool for setting Device Name to be used for accessing the device, and it is also used for hardware setting and firmware update and output diagnostic report of some devices.
Because of character-based tool, you can perform the setting operation by selecting the command with numbers or alphabets and press the enter key from the menu.

For API-CNT(LNX), the device can be used when the driver is started and the setting file (contec_cnt.conf) is copied to /proc.
Start and stop device driver by executing driver start script (contec_cnt_start.sh) and driver stop script (contec_cnt_stop.sh).
Configuration generates the setting file and these script files. For the processing details, refer to the script file.

■Start screen

When you start up the configuration, the following screen will be displayed.
*You need root privileges to launch the configuration.

※Appearance may vary depending on software version.

■Various commands

This section introduces the commands used in the configuration.
By selecting various commands and pressing Enter, you can configure and detect devices, and output diagnostic reports.

Select Command	Command Name	Summary
[#]	Select device	Change the DeviceName.
[o]	List sort	Change the display order of the device list.
[r]	Redetect devices list	Redetect the devices.
[d]	Delete device	Delete the specified device from the device list.
[a]	Add device manually	Add a device manually.
[e]	Diagnostic report	Diagnose the device and generate a diagnostic report.
[s]	Save settings	Save the settings configured with the setup tool.
[q]	Exit	Exit the setup tool.

You cannot configure Counter Operation Mode Setting by this Setup Tool (Configuration).
Please configure these Counter operation modes by each API call.

■Start option

While the Setup menu switch between Japanese and English depending on environment variable LANG, you can select the menu language by specifying the option when the Setup is started.

-j : Show the menu in Japanese
-e : Show the menu in English