in this video we are going to show you how to connect the meter to the computer
how to connect the meter to CalMAN, how to set up the meter
and how to solve a common connection issue with drivers
the first thing we are going to do is plug the meter in, once the computer recognize the meter
we are going to open up CalMAN, once CalMAN is open
I will go to the meter drop down tab to find the meter, I will click Find Meter
and from the pop-up window I will go ahead and do a search for the meter
please note, that there are some specific meter types here that require you to actively select
the device you are trying to connect to you
so if you have a JETI, a Klein instrument, you would select this and the particular COM port it is connected to
and then do the search. For this video we are connecting to a C6
so I will leave "All Meters except those listed below" selected and then click Search
notice how this light went from yellow to green
that lets me know that I am actually connected to the meter and ready to take some readings
now that CalMAN is connected to the meter, I will go ahead and set up the meter mode
the display we are measuring today is an LCD LED with white backlight
this is an important step as each one of these display technologies
is optimized for the color and light coming from the display
it's important to select the right mode for the display your measuring
now that CalMAN is set up for the meter and the right display technology
I can go ahead and start taking measurements
and now I am going to show you how to solve a connection issue
that commonly comes up regarding drivers, the first thing I am going to do
is go ahead and download the driver pack, click on the SpectraCal website, click on the downloads page
scroll to the bottom of the page where the driver pack is, and I am going to download this
now that the driver pack is complete, I am going to install the drivers
I am going to run the driver pack installation file, and go through the setup wizard
I have already installed this driver pack
so in this case I don't actually need to do this step, but if you were installing this for the first time
it would ask you to go ahead and proceed in installing the the driver's
you would select Next, and you would have the driver pack installed and be ready to go and find your meter
if for some reason CalMAN is not able to connect to the meter, go ahead and close down CalMAN
navigate to the Windows Start button, open Control Panel, then Device Manager
and if it is a USB device, you can find the device under the USB hardware connection point
or if it's a serial device with the serial to USB adapter
you can find it underneath the COM ports
that way you can also figure out what COM port it is communicating with
once you have made sure that the operating system sees the device
you can close down Device Manager, close down the Control Panel, reopen CalMAN
and with CalMAN open, click on the meter drop down tab, select find meter
for the C6, make sure that "All Meters except those listed below" is selected
then click Search
CalMAN will search for the connected device
and once the drivers are installed and the device is communicating with operating system
it will connect to the instrument and it will show that it is connected to it with this green light
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