| How to run a single frequency from the keypad of a F125/F165/F170: -Press the number 5 -Enter your frequency with the numbers on the keypad -Press “Enter” |
| How can I tell what model my generator is? F125/165/170 generators share the same case and keypad. The model number is displayed on the LCD display when you turn on the generator. For example , the F165 will display “F165 ready” after turning on. |
| How can my generator automatically run a program after turning on? -Start the f100 software on your computer. -Connect the generator to your computer. -Open or write a program in the white portion of the window. -Click run to make sure the program runs correctly and as expected. -Save the program to your computer , make sure to call it “autorun”. ie the file on your computer will be called autorun.frq . -Use the file->fgen->copy to fgen menu item and select the autorun file. The file will then be copied to your generator and will automatically run every time you turn it on. To delete an autorun file, use one of those 2 methods: 1) On the f100 software on your computer, use the menu item file->Delete autorun 2) From the keypad of the generator: -Press menu -Scroll down until you see “delete file” -Press enter -Scroll down until you see “autorun” -Press enter |
| F125/165/170 MS-Windows US driver: F125/165/170 use the native Windows 10 USB driver. It gets installed automatically when you first connect the generator to the computer as long as the computer is connected to the Internet before you connect the generator. If for some reason the generator cannot communicate with the Windows 10 computer read this: If your generator was made before Windows 7 came out, it will need a USB firmware update to run on Version of Windows 7 and later. Click here for more info about this procedure. Make sure the Windows 10 USB driver did install by starting the Windows Device Manager. Type “Device Manager” in search to find it. Once in the Device Manager, turn the generator off/on multiple times to find it in the tree structure. Then right click the generator and verify if the driver is installed. If not, select “update driver” and tell Windows to pick up the drive under the usb folder where you installed the f100 software (usually c:\Program Files\f100\usb) |
| How to run a older F125/165/170 on Windows 10 and above: If your generator was built before Windows 7 came out, you will need to update the USB firmware to support MS-Windows 7 ,8,10,11. This needs to be done before switching to MS-Windows 7,8 or 10 . To be able to do this update, you need a Windows system that can communicate with the generator. This can either be a Windows XP or Vista system. Most Windows systems starting with version 7 will not be able to communicate with the generator without this firmware update. Prior to switching Windows versions, please download F100 , install it, connect your generator and turn it on. Then select tools->Update USB firmware. Then turn off and on your generator. After this, a new USB driver will be installed. On most systems, this will be done automatically by Windows. On others, you will have to install it manually via the MS-Windows Device manager. The new USB drive is located in c:\Program Files\f100\usb . If you do not have access to a Windows XP computer, an alternative is to temporarily disable driver signing on Windows 10. You need to do this just to be able to update the USB driver from the F100 software. After, you can re-enable driver signatures. Here are instructions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71YAIw7_-kg https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/156602-how-enable-disable-driver-signature-enforcement-windows-10-a.html |
| Simple output test with a multimeter: Procedure to test the output of a F126/165/170 with a multimeter. Testing Output II: -Set meter to volts 20 VDC -Run 60 HZ on the generator with this single line: 60 -Touch the red probe to the center contact on the BNC connector -Touch the black probe to the outer metal part of the BNC output connector The meter should read approximately half of the full output voltage. If the volume knob is fully clockwise, the voltage on the meter will be about 6VDC |
| How to copy program files to a generator: To copy files to a F100 series generator you need a computer. It can be a Windows , Mac or Linux computer. First connect the generator to the computer with the USB cable. Then install the f100 software from here: https://atelierrobin.net/downloads/ Then start the f100 software and type your program in the text area. You can test it by clicking run. Once the program is known to run correctly without errors, save it to your hard drive. Give it a file name that is less than 32 characters since this will be the name that will appear in the LCD display on the generator. Then use the “file->fgen->copy to fgen” menu item in the f100 software and open the file you just saved. It will be copied to the generator. If you select more than one file, they will all be copied at once. From the generator you can them open and run the file you just copied using the generator keypad: -Press menu -Press enter when you see “open” -Scroll up/down until you see the file name to open -Press enter to open the file -Press run to “run” the file |
