JFW Industries, Inc.
50MS-192
OPERATING MANUAL
5134 Commerce Square Drive
Indianapolis, IN 46237
(317) 887-1340
FAX (317) 881-6790
[email protected]
Page 1: ...JFW Industries Inc 50MS 192 OPERATING MANUAL JFW Industries Inc 5134 Commerce Square Drive Indianapolis IN 46237 317 887 1340 FAX 317 881 6790 sales jfwindustries com ...
Page 2: ...mmand Set 4 5 5 Ethernet Control 6 6 Ethernet Configuration Cable 6 7 Ethernet Configuration Information 7 8 RS 232 Control 8 9 RS 232 Cable 8 10 RS 232 Port Settings 8 11 JFW Test Program 9 12 Error Code Listing 10 13 Troubleshooting 11 Additional Documents Mechanical Outline Drawing Specification Sheet Sample Ethernet Configuration Session ...
Page 3: ...mpatible with most laboratory test racks The outline drawing details all necessary package dimensions and connector layouts The unit is AC powered via a 3 prong receptacle on the rear panel A standard power cord is supplied with the unit The power supply itself is a universal AC power supply that can handle input AC voltages 100 240 VAC 47 63 Hz The 50MS 192 is also AC current protected by use of ...
Page 4: ... be between 0 and 63 attenuation range is 0 63dB x 1dB Command is not case sensitive but must be terminated by a carriage return Read Attenuator Syntax RAx CR x attenuator number to query CR carriage return LF line feed Description This command returns the attenuation setting for attenuator x Examples SA1 22 CR Sets attenuator 1 to 22dB RA1 CR Reads value of attenuator 1 Sends back 22dB CR LF SA2 ...
Page 5: ...port y Output port CR carriage return Description This command sets Input x to output y Examples SI1 1 CR Sets Input 1 to Output 1 SI24 3 CR Sets Input 24 to Output 3 Notes There must be a space between the x and y There must NOT be a space between the SI and the x x must be between 1 and 24 y must be between 1 and 3 Command is not case sensitive but must be terminated by a carriage return Read In...
Page 6: ...tions on Ethernet configuration The easiest method of verifying the unit is working correctly after your changes is to use the JFW provided test program See section 11 of this manual for more information on this test software 6 Ethernet Configuration Cable Included with the system should be one Null Modem cable JFW part 012 174 This cable is used to interface with the Ethernet Configuration Port a...
Page 7: ... port using a program like HyperTerminal You must use the Ethernet Configuration Cable to make the physical connection from your COM port to the Ethernet Config Port on the rear of the 50MS 192 The terminal session should use the following COM port settings Baud Rate 9600 Data Bits 8 Parity None Stop Bits 1 Flow Control None You can verify a successful connection by typing Hello World in the termi...
Page 8: ...urned off and then back on when changing between Ethernet and RS 232 control for the change to take affect 9 RS 232 Cable Included with the system should be one Null Modem cable JFW part 012 174 This cable is used to interface with the RS 232 Port and to configure the Ethernet connection This cable is DE 9P to DE 9S and is the Null Modem type The female connector will plug into the serial port on ...
Page 9: ... the commands as they are sent and the responses from the unit It allows the user to set an attenuator to a specified attenuation value or keypress through the attenuation values and set paths in the matrix You must enter the IP address that you have programmed into the unit via the Ethernet programming port on the back of the box into the IP address window The port default setting is 3001 The com...
Page 10: ...haracters other than ID SI RI SA or RA appear in the buffer Error2 Attenuator address or Input port value out of range Valid Attenuator addresses are 1 3 Valid Input port numbers are 1 24 Error3 Attenuation value or Output port out of range Valid Attenuation Values are 1 63 Valid Output Port Numbers are 1 3 ...
Page 11: ...f you changed from RS 232 control to Ethernet control with the manual switch on the back panel you must turn the unit off and then back on for the change to take affect RS 232 Problems It is very important that the remote command format follow the specified format as detailed earlier in the Command Set section of this manual Verify the following RS 232 settings baud rate selected on rear panel par...
