Mantracourt Electronics Limited
SerialDis User Manual
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SERIALDIS Overview
The SERIALDIS is a 6 digit LED display module which displays ASCII
data sent to it via an RS232 or RS485 serial connection.
The device has addressing support so multiple devices can be driven
whilst residing on a serial bus.
Being a 7 segment display it is not possible to display all
alphanumeric characters so this display is primarily for numeric data.
Overview
Requirements
The module requires a serial input, either RS232 or RS485, which supplies the data to display followed by a
carriage return.
The baudrate is selectable from 9600 to 115200 but is fixed at 8 data bits, 1 stop bit and no parity.
Configuration
Configuration is by DIP switches where the baudrate and address can be set.
Operation
The display accepts ASCII data and on receipt of a carriage return character (decimal 13, hexadecimal 0D) the
data will be displayed.
Physical Connections
Single PC Connection
View from inside case.
1
5
ON
OFF
6
9
Connect power to The ‘Power In’
connector.
Connect to the serial bus using
either J1 or J4 for RS232 or J2 for
RS485.
9 Way ‘D’ Socket RS232 Pinouts
Pin
Function
3
RX (In)
5
GND
J4 has been designed to enable a quick connection to a PC for testing by using a 9 way D cable extension (pin
to pin) and connecting to the PC 9 way D socket.
