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SeaMAX Application Suite
SeaMAX Overview
The SeaMAX Suite is a collection of configuration/diagnostic utilities and software libraries that enable
rapid application development. The SeaMAX API, included in the SeaMAX Suite, provides a common API
for Sealevel eI/O, SeaI/O and SeaDAC data acquisition modules. SeaMAX is designed to simplify
application development by requiring little knowledge of the underlying communication protocols of these
devices and replacing low-level programming. SeaMAX is available in an unmanaged library and a wrapper
library that provides an interface to the API from managed code.
The following libraries and utilities are included in the SeaMAX Suite:
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MaxSSD Configuration & Diagnostics utility
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Ethernet Config utility
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SeaMAX API
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SeaMAX .NET API
The SeaMAX API documentation, installed with SeaMAX, explains the usage and API references, including
function calls and enumerations. Sealevel digital and analog I/O modules supported by SeaMAX software
are designed to work with third party applications via the SeaMAX API. To help simplify application
development, the complete API documentation and code samples are automatically installed with the
SeaMAX Suite and can be found in Windows by clicking Start
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Documentation. For convenience, Sealevel offers a PDF version of the SeaMAX manual on our
website. Example code is also included for several popular languages and compilers.
Please contact Sealevel technical support with any questions regarding SeaMAX documentation:
Phone: (864) 843-4343
Email: [email protected]
Communicating Via Modbus
Sealevel eI/O modules are designed to integrate seamlessly into existing Modbus/TCP networks. The
supported command set will vary depending on the eI/O model number used. Specialized diagnostic
commands and other RTU specific codes are not supported. An overview of the Modbus specification for
TCP connections is covered in detail in the interactive documentation located on the Sealevel website at
http://www.sealevel.com/software/SeaMAX.
The official Modbus specification can be found at http://www.modbus.org.
