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Quick Start Guide ePowerSwitch 8 M/S (M8 / S8) V.11/2006 Page 25
Controlling the power sockets of an ePowerSwitch slave or several connected slaves
In this case, you have to assemble a special serial cable as shown in the drawing in section 7 or
contact your dealer to order one.
1. Use this special cable to connect the ePowerSwitch slave to an available serial port of your
PC.
2. Run a terminal program, such as Windows HyperTerminal. (To run HyperTerminal, click the
Start button and select Programs –> Accessories –> HyperTerminal .)
3. Configure the appropriate serial port with the following settings:
Bits per second: 9600
Data bits: 8
Parity: None
Stop bits:
1
Flow control: None
4. On your computer, enter the command as shown below.
The command syntax is
Pxy=z :
Parameter Value Function
x 1 to 4 Number of the connected slave
y 0
1 to 8
Specifies that all the sockets are controlled together
Indicates the number of the socket to control
z 0 Switches the socket(s) Off
1 Switches the socket(s) On
r Restarts the socket(s)
t Toggles the state of the socket
Example – controlling the first slave:
(DIP switch: 1 = On and 2 = Off)
P10=1 < Enter >: Switch all 8 sockets ON
P10=0 < Enter >: Switch all 8 sockets Off
P14=r < Enter >: Restart socket 4
P18=t < Enter >: Toggle socket 8
Example – controlling the second slave
(DIP switch: 1 = On and 2 = Off)
P20=1 < Enter >: Switch all 8 sockets On
P25=0 < Enter >: Switch socket 5 Off
Notes:
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The commands are not case-sensitive, i.e. you can use both lower- and upper-case letters.
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The ePowerSwitch sends an echo for each received character.