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SMC-520 User Guide revision 1.3 SMC Ship Motion Control www.shipmotion.eu
1.5
ELECTRICAL COMMUNICATION
M12, 8 pin male connector on the SMC-520 schematic layout
Pin
Free cable end wire color
Sensor function
Details
1
White
Signal Ground
2
Brown
RS232 Tx
default 38400 8N1
3
Green
RS232 Rx
4
Yellow
Ground
5
Gray
VDC -
6
Pink
RS485 Data+
default 38400 8N1
7
Blue
RS485 Data-
8
Red
VDC+
Power input 12
…
30 VDC
Note:
Please pay special attention to the SMC-520 wire colours, as applying voltage to the data wires
may damage the sensor.
The serial communication over RS232 and RS485 can be configured for the following baudrates 4800,
9600, 19200, 38400 and 57600 bps from the SMC Configuration software. The SMC-520 is set to
automatically output the strings in the selected data format in the selected output rate.