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4. Commander Control Link on 2B Page 12 Com Port on Link Control 8 Enable Page 13 See if the 2B responds to Commander Y Donel Installing Commander Firstly BEFORE installing Commander ensure you have installed the USB drivers page 19 and connect the 2B Link cable If you already have a previous version of Commander installed you many need to un install the previous version using the standard windows software removal tools Download latest version of commander from the website This can be found at http www e stim co uk commander Right click and select save as Or save target as depending on your browser This will download a zip file to you PC Unzip the file Run setup exe You may get a publisher warning notice Assuming you have downloaded Commander direct from our website this can safely be ignored Open File Security Warning The publisher could not be verified Are you sure you want to run this software Publisher Type From C Wsers wayne Desktop commander setup exe Unknown Publisher Application C Wsersi wayne Desktop commander setup exe Always ask before opening this file publisher You should only run software from publishers you trust This does not have valid digital signature that verifies its a i How can decide what software to Commander will then install and run The installer will check f
5. PC run Commander on PC 2B Link Control The link control tells commander which COM port to use to communicate with the link cable as well as giving you control over the actual connection Before running Commander you must ensure the link cable is connected otherwise the COM port may not be recognised by Commander The link Control has 3 elements a drop down box to select the COM port and two connect disconnect buttons If a button is grey out then it is generally not available In the picture above the connect button is grey out as the PC is connected to the COM port in this case 4 To Connect Firstly ensure that the cable is connected to your PC and the 2B the drivers have been correctly installed and the 2B has the Commander Control Link enabled right pointing arrow on bottom link of 2B screen select the Com Port 2 Press the Connect Button The status line on the bottom of the commander interface screen should now change to show Port Open COMM 9600 This indicated the Port is Open on COM4 and is running at a speed of 9600 You might see a different COM port depending on the configuration of your PC Sending Test Commands 13 Menu System The Menu systems allows you to control aspects of Commander that you might not need on a day to day basis but still need to access 9 Commander Controls Presets Help Controls Menu 7 Commander Defaults Sets all control settings to default l
6. colour of the text will change from white to yellow to red Level Colour OFF to 69 70 to 89 It is possible to override this system on the menu settings screen as well as cause some interesting effects if the LCD font colours are changed to either red or yellow Over Level Warning It is possible to set a limit to how high the Slider level can be set and this is defined in the Settings Menu If it is found to be impossible to raise the level above a certain point and the PC beeps then the over level warning is probably in use Channel Link The Channel Link control allows you to like both output Channel A and B together allowing simpler one handed control When the channel Link is in operation Channel A is marked as MASTER and Channel B is marked as SLAVE Adjustments of Channel A will be reflected in Channel B So to give an example If Channel A is at 20 and Channel B at 10 moving Channel A to 35 will increase Channel B but the same level i e to 25 Channel Shutdown Control The shutdown control situated between the power sliders will drop both channel outputs immediately The shutdown control will override any channel locks and can also be accessed by pressing the Esc key on the keyboard Power Level Control Between the sliders is the power level control buttons The 2B is capable of operating in two power settings LOW Designed for general usage HIGH Designed for serious players Power Lev
7. of the control will decrease the value by a fixed amount clicking to the right of the control will increase the value by the same about The exact amount can be adjusted via the Settings Menu Increase Button Increases the value by a fixed amount The exact amount can be adjusted via the Settings Menu Can also be triggered by pressing the Cursor Up For the top slider and the Cursor Right For the bottom slider Keys on the keyboard Decrease Button Decreases the output by a fixed amount The exact amount can be adjusted via the Settings Menu Can also be triggered by pressing the Cursor Down For the top slider and the Cursor Right For the bottom slider Keys on the keyboard 10 Status Bar The status bar is the line of text at the bottom of the Commander interface It gives current status information of both Commander and the 2B The display below is from Commander connected to a 2B your display may vary Reading from left to right Port Open Indicates the status of the 2B Link COM4 The Link is connected to COM4 this value will depend on your exact machine configuration 9600 The Link is running at a speed of 9600 baud Low The 2B is set to LOW power V2 09 The Firmware version reported by the 2B 7 10 The current battery voltage 01 71 15 System timer used for future expansion Data Sent Indicates the data status Timeouts You may also see Data Sent flash up from time to time this indicates that Commander h
8. annel A or X For Channel B keys on the keyboard Power Slider The power sliders are the main up down level control The Slider can be dragged with the mouse or clicked on above and below the slider Dragging with the mouse will enable fact level changes but these changes are only passed to the 2B when the control is released Adjust on Drop Clicking on the slider above the control will increase the output by a fixed amount Clicking below the control will reduce the output by the same about The exact amount can be adjusted via the Settings Menu Increase Button Increases the output by a fixed amount The exact amount can be adjusted via the Settings Menu Can also be triggered by pressing the Q For channel A and the W For Channel B Keys on the keyboard Decreases the output by a fixed amount The exact amount can be adjusted via the Settings Menu Can also be triggered by pressing the A For channel A and the S For Channel B Keys on the keyboard Channel Lock Button Locks the Channel Control White the channel is locked only the Off button is active Designed to prevent inadvertent changes occurring If the Locked Padlock button is showing then the channel is unlocked and visa versa Channel Level Display The output level Varies from 0 OFF to 100 MAX or the users preset limit See Settings Menu If the Colour warnings By default the power sliders have a colour warning system As you increase the value the
9. as sent data to the 2B Whenever that data is received and correctly interpreted then the Data Sent message is cleared If the 2B does not respond in time then you will eventually get a timeout message Commander A Timeout error waiting for Response from 26 Reasons for timeout messages are varied but can due to failure of the link failure of the 2B or failure of the Commander Control Link In order for the Commander software running on your PC to communicate with your 2B you need to enable the link software on your 2B to listen for commands via the link cable You need to be running at least Version 2 09 on the firmware to operate correctly with Commander For more details on firmware upgrades visit http www e stim co uk link Switch 2B 2 Select commander mode in a similar way to changing any other mode by double clicking the select button and twiddling the adjust knob to get 3 Now Press Select 4 And twiddle the adjust knob to switch commander mode on 5 Now press the select button to enable Commander The display on the 2B should now show a right pointing arrow indicating that the Commander Control link is now available If you powo off ff your 2B the Commander Control Link will still be available when you turn the 2B back on To cancel the Control Link follow tHe procedure above but select Commander Off perform a factory reset Connect cable to 2B and
10. ee page 8 The Feel and sensation sliders allow you to adjust the feel of the output For more information see page 10 The Mode selector gives you the option to change the mode your 2B is operating in For more details see page 9 A Power level selector allows you to switch the power setting of your 2B between LOW and HIGH See page 8 for more details The Link Control option gives you control over the communications between the 2B and your PC You need to enable the communication link between Commander and the 2B BEFORE any of the other controls will work Page 3 Lastly the Status Bar at the bottom of the Commander Screen gives you up to date information about the communications link the and the state of the 2B battery level and firmware version and the menu bar at the top of the screen gives you access to the less frequently used options and settings of the 2B For more details on the status bar see page 11 and the Menu system see page 14 Channel Controls Channel Channel Name Level Increase Decrease Button Button Channel Lock Unlock Button Power Slider Off Button Decrease Button Two groups of controls are marked Channel A and Channel B control each output channel on the 2B The are the PC version of the Channel Intensity controls on the 2B Starting from the bottom Off Button Click the off button will immediately drop the Channel Level to Zero Can also be activated from the keyboard by pressing the Z For Ch
11. el change warning If you change from Low to High Commander will warn you than you are about to change to a higher setting If you find this warning annoying then you can switch this option off in the Presets Menu Mode Selector The mode selector control allows you to change the mode of the 2B from a list of available options Not all 2B modes are available depending on the version of Commander and the firmware of the 2B To change a mode simply select the mode with the mouse Mode changes will reset all level settings Mode 2 Adjustment Select Adjustment Bounce Continuous A Split B Split Waterfall Pulse speed Pulse Feel Both channels pulse on and off Pulse speed Pulse Feel Channels pulse alternately Channels are on continuously w Pulse Feel The Split channel pulse the other channel is Pulse Feel on continuously Pulse speed Speed of increase The output level increases to the set limit and then drops to zero before repeating Speed of increase The output level increases to the set limit decrease and then decreases to zero before repeating The pulse rate increased and then drops to Pulse speed slow Squeeze Milk Throb Continuous mode with variable feel rising Thrust Range of Thrust from low to adjustment value and then decreasing back to low Random Step The pulse rate increased and then drops to Pulse speed slow Channel B is off when Channel A i
12. en the feel slider is clicked Button Step The amount the value will increase or decrease when the slider button or the relevant keyboard key is pressed Cancel The cancel button allows you the exit the setting screen without saving any changes The Close button exits the settings screen and saves the settings The saved settings persist even Close when Commander is shutdown 7 Keyboard Controls As well as the mouse it is possible to use the keyboard to control the 2B via Commander Both Channel A Channel Lock Unlock 1 Lock Unlock Ch Increase Channel A Channel B Decrease D Decrease Channel A na Channel B Off Off a The feel sliders also have similar controls around the cursor keys Feel Slider B Adjustment Feel Slider A Adjustment Install USB drivers The USB driver allows your PC to talk to the electronics within the USB cable itself Once the divers are installed you should not have to re install them again Install USB drivers These can be loaded from the CD or downloaded from http www e stim co uk link index php drivers The drivers are available in both executable or zipped zip formats Modern windows computers can cope with both variations Simply right click the file link select save Target as to save to a suitable place on your computer and then double click the executable exe file The USB drivers should then install Now connect the PC Link cab
13. evels 3 Controls Exit Exits Commander Defaults Exit Alt Presets Menu The Presets menu offers you control over warnings and some of the less obvious settings 7 Commander Controls Presets High Power Warning Allows you to turn off the automatic warning about High Power Warning switching to high power Click to toggle a Mode Change Warning Mode Change Warning JB Presets Allows you to turn off the automatic warning which occurs when you change mode Click to toggle Colours Colours Settings Allows you to change the colours of the Commander Interface see page 15 Settings Allows you to change some of the settings of Commander Interface See Page 16 Presets are saved on exit 14 Help Menu The help System About Check for Update Debug Log ToolTips About Pops up a screen giving version information about Commander Debug Log Tool Tips 8 Commander Controls Presets If tool tips are enabled then when you hover the mouse over a control you should see a bubble pop up with a little information about the control This is a useful system for beginners but for the advanced user it can become annoying so it is possibly to switch it off 5 Colour Options Presets High Power Warning Mode Change Warning 2B Presets Colours Background Settings Foreground LCD Background LCD Text Default Colours It is possible to change the co
14. le to a spare USB port You should see Windows recognise it and attempt to activate the drivers Identifying the COM Port Now you need to see what COM port your computer has allocated to the cable To do this you need to look at the device manager Click the windows start button and then right click on Computer and then select Manage This should open the Computer manager 2 Windows 7 on localhost Virtual Machine Connection Acton Meda View Help ub Computer Management Acton View In the left hand column select device manager In the right hand column look for PORTS COM amp LPT under this you should see USB Serial Port Com x Where x is a number Note this down Advanced Options You do not need to set any of the advanced options on the COM port baud rate stop bits etc as these are all controlled directly by the uplink program 19
15. lours on the Commander interface to suit your personal tastes Background The Colour of the background of Commander Foreground The colour of the main text LCD Background The Colour of the background of the value displays on Commander default colour is blue Be careful if you select white red or yellow as a background as this will cause issues when the colour warning system is being used Yellow on Yellow just doesn t work LCD Text The Colour of the text in the value displays on Commander If colour warnings are switched on these will override the colours set here Default Colours Resets all the colours to system defaults Background Dark Green Foreground Yellow LCD Background Dark Blue LCD Foreground White Colour changes are saved by Commander so when you re run Commander your colours will be as you have set them l6 Settings Commander Settings File Help Power Sliders Max Level 100 Slider Step 5 Button Step Button Step 1 Slider Step 5 Power Slider Settings Max Level The maximum level it is possible to set the power slider to Slider Step The amount the slider will increase or decrease when the power slider is clicked Button Step The amount the value will increase or decrease when the slider button or the relevant keyboard key is pressed Colour Warning Enable or disable the colour warning system Feel Control Settings Slider Step The amount the slider will increase or decrease wh
16. or prerequisites and then offer to install them for you If you have not connected the USB cable or if the USB cable drivers have not been installed correctly you may get an error warning Microsoft NET Framework Unhandled exception has occured in your application you click Continue the application will ignore this eror and attempt to continue you click Quit the application will close immediately InvalidArgument Value of T not valid for index Parameter name index Press quit and connect the USB cable and then try again If everything has installed correctly you would be presented with the Main Screen You have successfully installed Commander Main Screen Ch Feel Sensation Controls anne Link Output Level Power Level Selector Mode Selector Link Control Channel Off Button The Commander interface is designed to be simple and easy to use with all on the main functions visible on the main screen and less frequently used options are hidden behind the menu and settings systems Channel Sliders control the options available on each output channel For more details see page 7 Channel Link allows you to link both channels together for easier control See Page 8 for more details The Shutdown button allows you to instantly cut the channels to zero with a single click Also operated via the ESC key on the keyboard For more details on the shutdown system s
17. s on and visa versa Continuous mode with variable feel rising Range of Throb from low to adjustment value and then dropping back to low aan A wi Amount of R ndomn ss Pulse Feel Random pulsed output Pulse Feel Stepped output Step Range Jump Range Pulse Feel Output jumps by level Mode change warning If you change a mode Commander will warn you than you are about to change a mode If you find this warning annoying then you can switch this option off in the Presets Menu Sensation Sliders Control Name Feel Sensation Slider Value Decrease Increase Button Button Lock Unlock Control The sensation sliders allow you to adjust the feel and sensations produced by the 2B The are the PC version of the Adjust and Select Button Adjust Control on the 2B As with the controls directly on the 2B the sliders change function and availability depending on the mode selected Control Name Informs you what the control actually does Value Value of the control Varies between 2 and 100 depending on the mode selected Feel Sensation Slider The feel sensation slider adjusts the value of the control via the mouse The Slider can be dragged from side to side with the mouse or clicked on to the left and right of the central control Dragging with the mouse will enable fact level changes but these changes are only passed to the 2B when the control is released Adjust on Drop Clicking on the slider to the left
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19. ual nder User Man a Comm Version 1 1 channes Multiple function electro st Pulse OFF B 8 LO Channeli Ch Adjust flannel Intensity Ow Welcome Commander is a device control program for the E Stim Systems Series 2B This program allows you to directly control your 2B from a PC via the USB connection Although it is written by E Stim Systems a lot of the development and ideas have come from its users i e you we have an active forum where uses can discuss all aspects of Commander and the 2b it can be found at http www e stim net commander Latest Version For the latest version of Commander Software you will need to visit Commander is Free http www e stim co uk commander This software is currently supplied as a BETA version so there will be possibly problems and odd errors If you wish to report a bug then please visit the support forum Document Version Version 1 1 129 July 2011 Copyright Notice All images and text within this manual are E Stim Systems Ltd 2007 201 Commander EBox EBox 2B 2B Uplink and derivative terms are trademarks of E Stim Systems Ltd All rights reserved E amp OE Index aac ona aE Aa 2
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