ESI RF BRIDGE
User Guide
version 1.0.4.0
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NOTE
: the CTS and RTS wires can be omitted when using Xon/Xoff flow control.
C. ESI RF Bridge
— Setup and Configuration
1. Hook it up
— the PC and Serial Cable.
(see the
Specifications and Installation Instructions
file).
a. Turn on the PC.
b. Connect the RS-232 cable (or USB Serial Adaptor cable) from the PC to the RS-232 port on the ESI RF
Bridge (do not power up the ESI RF Bridge yet).
c. Launch the terminal emulator program and create a new connection with the correct terminal emulator
settings and connected to an open COM port.
d. Connect the
“USB to Mini-B” cable between the 5 volt DC external power supply and the ESI RF Bridge.
NOTE
: The USB port on the ESI RF Bridge is used only for power, not data.
2. Apply power to the ESI RF Bridge.
a. Plug in the 5 volt DC external power supply to AC power.
b. Observe the ESI RF Bridge LED for initialization during power-up.
Version blink:
5 Blue (version 1.0.4.0)
c. The version report serial string is sent over the RS-232 connection to the terminal emulator or automation
system:
!BSBv1.0.4.0;
(NOTE: “BSB” is the default RQ address of the ESI RF Bridge).
3. Configure the ESI RF Bridge.
Use the terminal emulator to configure the ESI RF Bridge and send commands to the RF devices and/or RQ
devices that are in the ESI RF network.
For an explanation of the Configuration Menu settings shown below, see
Appendix A
.
NOTE
: HyperTerminal is used as the example below. Other terminal emulators may require different
“echo”
and “line termination character” settings.
In the Terminal Emulator:
a. Press
Ctrl-C
to launch the Configuration Menu.
Only the last item in the Configuration Menu shows in the terminal emulator (HyperTerminal). To
see all of the menu items, turn on the Echo and Linefeed characters using the next two steps.
b.
Press the “2” key.
Sets Echo to “on” to see Rx characters on the screen.
c.
Press the “3” key.
Sets the line termination character to CR+LF (carriage return and line feed).
