Sinar Moisture Analyzer Support, including custom calibrations

HOW TO UPLOAD A COMMODITY CURVE SET TO A SINAR MOISTURE ANALYZER

NOTE: SPECIFIC COMMODITY FILES CAN BE REQUESTED AND SENT VIA EMAIL

STEP ONE- OPENING THE SINAR F4 SOFTWARE-

LEFT CLICK THE SINAR F4 ICON IN THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER OF THIS PAGE, AND WHEN THE DIALOGUE BOX OPENS, SAVE THE FILE TO DESKTOP, OR WHEREVER YOU WISH TO STORE THE FILE FOR EASY ACCESS LATER.

AFTER YOU HAVE SAVED IT, A DIALOGUE BOX WILL OPEN SAYING DOWNLOAD COMPLETE, WITH OPTIONS FOR OPENING THE FILE. LEFT CLICK THE BUTTON THAT SAYS OPEN (NOT OPEN FOLDER)

DOUBLE CLICK THE F4 FOLDER, AND THEN DOUBLE CLICK THE SINAR F4 EXECUTABLE FILE.

(THIS WILL BE THE BLUE TOP BOX IN THE MIDDLE.)

THEN SELECT EXTRACT ALL , THEN NEXT, THEN NEXT AGAIN, THEN FINISH

NOW YOU WILL SEE THE WORKING F4 FOLDER

DOUBLE CLICK THIS FOLDER, AND YOU WILL SEE THE WORKING F4 SOFTWARE ICON. (GREEN CLOVER LEAF),

ALONG WITH TWO OTHER FILES. (SEE BELOW)

LEAVE THIS SCREEN OPEN FOR NOW, AND DRAG OR COPY YOUR CURVE SET FILE, IN TO THIS FOLDER

NOW DOUBLE CLICK THE GREEN CLOVER LEAF ICON, AND THE SOFTWARE WILL OPEN.

AT THIS POINT YOU WILL NEED TO CONNECT THE INSTRUMENT TO THE COMPUTER, USING AN RS 232 TO SERIAL PORT CABLE. (IF YOUR COMPUTER DOES NOT HAVE A SERIAL PORT, YOU WILL NEED A SERIAL PORT TO USB ADAPTER)

(available at coffee laboratory)

WITH YOUR INSTRUMENT CONNECTED TO THE COMPUTER, PUT THE INSTRUMENT IN COMMUNICATION MODE, BY TURNING THE INSTRUMENT ON, WHILE HOLDING DOWN THE TEMP BUTTON.

AT THIS POINT YOU WILL NEED TO SEE WHICH COM PORT IS OPEN, BY LEFT CLICKING OVER THE COM PORT BUTTONS, UNTIL YOU FIND ONE THAT DOES NOT SIGNAL AN ERROR MESSAGE

IDEALLY COM PORT 1 SHOULD BE USED, BECAUSE THE SOFTWARE MAY NOT WORK PROPERLY

USING THE OTHER COM PORTS. IF COM PORT 1 IS NOT AVAILABLE, AND THE OTHER COM PORTS DO NOT WORK, YOU WILL NEED TO PURCHASE A SERIAL PORT TO USB ADAPTER WITH VIRTUAL COM PORTS, OR VIRTUAL COM PORT SOFTWARE (available at coffee laboratory)

WHEN YOU HAVE FOUND AN OPEN COM PORT, YOU ARE READY TO BEGIN THE UPLOAD.

SELECT RUN , AND THEN SELECT YOUR FILE FROM IT'S LOCATION, AND THEN OPEN

YOU WILL NOW SEE THE COMMODITY FILE ON THE SCREEN, AND IT WILL START DOWNLOADING

AUTOMATICALLY. AFTER EACH CURVE IS LOADED IT WILL SAY OKAY, UNTIL IT IS FINISHED, AND SAYS DOWNLOAD COMPLETE.

IF YOU RECEIVE TIME OUT MESSAGES, YOU LIKELY HAVE A COM PORT PROBLEM, WHICH WILL REQUIRE THE COM PORT REDIRECTOR SOFTWARE OR USB ADAPTER.

NOTE: IF YOU ARE CHANGING THE CURVE SET ON THE INSTRUMENT, YOU WILL NEED TO REPLACE THE CHANNEL LABELS, BY REMOVING THE KEYPAD, AND EXCHANGING THE LABEL SHEET WITH A NEW ONE VIA THE SMALL SLIT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE KEYPAD, BELOW THE CHANNEL LABEL.

ANY PROBLEMS , CALL US OR USE THE BELOW FORM