PSA / PVA Installation Guide
December 4, 2019
Sifos Technologies
Page 13
The
PSA/PSL/PVA-3000
USB driver is also available from the web at:
http://www.ftdichip.com/
Drivers/VCP.htm
Drivers for a
Linux PC
are also available from this same location.
Once the driver is installed and running, Windows will automatically assign a
“virtual” COM port number to the USB interface. This is readily discovered
using the
Device Manager
under
Ports
(COM and LPT). In Figure 6,
Windows has assigned
COM6
to the USB connection.
NOTE!
Application notes from FTDI covering USB driver installation on
various Microsoft Windows versions are included on the software CD under
\USB Serial Console\
.
.
RS-232 Console Connections
Connect a standard RS-232 cable with DB9 connectors (furnished with the instrument) from host PC to the PSA
controller (front of PSA-3000, rear of PSA/PVA-3002).
Then configure the terminal emulator as described below.
Configuring Terminal Emulator and Setting IP Address
The HyperTerminal terminal emulator is set-up is as follows:
Start HyperTerminal,
Select a connection name when prompted
In the connection dialog, enter the COM x port for
Connect using
(
see Figure7
). This is the RS-232 serial or virtual COM port in the host PC.
In the
Port Settings
dialog, select the following parameters:
Bits per second >
9600
Data bits >
8
Parity >
None
Stop bits >
1
Flow Control >
Hardware
With HyperTerminal set up and running as described above, hit the
ENTER
key on the Keyboard. The following menu will appear:
Type
1
and press
ENTER
. Follow the command prompts to set up the IP address. Note that the IP mask is entered
as a bit count of 1’s where, for
example, 255.255.255.0 is 24 ‘1’
bits..
There is approximately a 10-second
delay before “
Done”
is displayed,
and then the main menu appears
again.
Type “
3
” to Enable the PSA. Then
disconnect the serial port and close
the terminal emulation software.
>
1
Use DHCP ? (Y/N)>
N
Enter IP Address (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx) >
10.10.10.114
Confirm? (Y/N)
y
Enter Number of Mask Bits (01 – 30) >
24
255.255.255.0
Confirm? (Y/N)
y
Enter Gateway Address (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx) >
10.10.10.1
Confirm? (Y/N)
y
Figure 6
. COM Port Assignment
PowerSync Analyzer
Firmware Version #.##
MAC Address: 00204A######
IP Address:
192.168.221.105
Mask:
255.255.255.0
Gateway:
192.168.1.1
1.
Set IP Address
2.
Firmware Upgrade (Controller)
3.
Enable PSA
(PSA DISABLED) >
Figure 7
. Console Connection
