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 of some devices, output of diagnostic report, etc.
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-SSI(LNX), the device can be used when the driver is started and the setting file(contec_drv.conf) is copied to /proc.
Start and stop device driver by executing driver start script (contec_drv_start.sh) and driver stop script (contec_drv_stop.sh).
Configuration generates the setting file and these script files.

■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.

The commands that can be executed depend on the target device.

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.

 

■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