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Remote control:
The device can be connected to a PC using a USB cable and
be operated in “Remote” mode via USB port using labworld-
soft
®
laboratory software.
The device software can also be updated with a PC via the
USB port.
Note:
Please observe the system requirements together
with the operating instructions and help section included
with the software.
USB interface:
The Universal Serial Bus (USB) is a serial bus for connecting
the device to the PC. Equipped with USB devices can be
connected to a PC during operation (hot plugging). Con-
nected devices and their properties are automatically recog-
nized. The USB port can also be used to update firmware.
USB device drivers:
First, download the latest driver for
IKA
devices with USB
port from:
http://www.ika.com/ika/lws/download/usb-driver.zip.
Install the driver by running the setup file. Then connect the
IKA
device through the USB data cable to the PC.
The data communication is via a virtual COM port.
Interfaces and outputs
Device software update:
For device software update, visit
IKA
website
www.ika.
com
and enter the "Service" menu. Download and run the
Firmware Update Tool.
Find and click the Firmware Update Tool in your PC after
installation. Register your E-mail and password.
Connect the device to your PC via the USB cable. Then, you
can update the device software according to instructions of
the Firmware Update Tool.
Command syntax and format:
The following applies to the command set:
- Commands are generally sent from the computer (Master)
to the device (Slave).
- The device sends only at the computer’s request. Even
fault indications cannot be sent spontaneously from the
device to the computer (automation system).
- Commands are transmitted in capital letters.
- Commands and parameters including successive parame-
ters are separated by at least one space (Code: hex 0x20).
- Each individual command (incl. parameters and data) and
each response are terminated with Blank CR LF (Code: hex
0x0d hex 0x0A) and have a maximum length of 80 characters.
- The decimal separator in a number is a dot (Code: hex
0x2E).
The above details correspond as far as possible to the recommendations of the NAMUR working party (NAMUR recom-
mendations for the design of electrical plug connections for analogue and digital signal transmission on individual items of
laboratory control equipment, rev. 1.1).
The NAMUR commands and the additional specific
IKA
commands commissioning serve only as low level commands for
communication between the tube driver and the PC. With a suitable terminal or communications program these com-
mands can be transmitted directly to the tube driver. The
IKA
software package, Labworld
soft
®
, provides a convenient tool
for controlling tube driver and collecting data under MS Windows, and includes graphical entry features, for motor speed
ramps for example.
Commands
Function
IN_NAME
Read device name.
RESET
Switch to normal operation mode
IN_PV_4
Read current speed value
IN_SP_4
Read rated value
OUT_SP_4 X
(X = 3000 ... 25000)
Adjust the rated speed value
START_4
Start the motor
STOP_4
Stop the motor
IN_SOFTWARE
Read software ID and version
