Delta Tau Geo MACRO, User Manual And Reference Manual

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Geo MACRO Drive User Manual
58 Software Setup
Using the PEWIN32PRO 2 MACRO Ring ASCII Feature
With the new PEWIN32PRO Suite2 a new configuration application has been added to initiate the
MACRO Ring ASCII communication between the Ring Controller and other Slave stations and/or
secondary Masters/Slaves. This new application allows the user to setup the Ring Controller, detect or
reinitialize all other stations on the Ring, set up all communication parameters, save these parameters in a
backup file, and can start or stop MACRO Ring ASCII communication to any station on the Ring.
So as to start the application you need to start your PEWIN32 PRO Suite2 and with the mouse on the
Menu Bar select the
Configure Menu and click on the MACRO Ring ASCII
The new application starts, make sure you have selected which PMAC device the PEWIN32PRO
communicates to, else with the right click on the application click on the
Select PMAC.
Detect MACRO Ring
Detects all MACRO IC’s that are
connected to the Ring.
• Ring Controller
•
MACRO Station #n
Setup Ring Controller
It will re-initialize the MACRO
controller (Turbo PMAC), and all
clocks and nodes will be reset. It gives
the option of a re-initialize and a reset.
Reinit. MACRO Ring
The program will reinitialize the
MACRO stations on the ring.
Ring Check
A small troubleshooting tool for the
MACRO ring communications
The first thing the user needs to do when he starts the program is to make sure that everything is