Configuring converters / Confuiguration of connection by means of RS-485 interface
MasterCAN RS2CAN / CAN2RS data converters. Operation manual. Version 1.0
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3.7 Confuiguration of connection by means of RS-485 interface
To connect the converter via RS-485 serial interface to the respective
to the
Serial RS 485
in the
Vertical menu
of the
software (see figure 20) and select the following settings:
1)
In the field
Output Protocol Type
MODBUS
data transfer protocol is
specified.
2)
In the field
Device Address
) select the converter unique network address
within RS-485 interface from
0…255 range. By default,
MasterCAN CAN2RS
has the network
address
134
, while
MasterCAN RS2CAN
has the network address
—
135
.
3)
From the dropdown list
RS232/485 Baud Rate
) choose data transfer speed
for RS-485 interface: 2400; 4800; 9600; 19200; 38400; 57600; 115200 bit/s (by default
—
19200
bit/s).
4)
In th area
COM Port Settings
specify data exchange parameters for the converter serial
interface:
•
In the field
Data bits
) specify the number of data bits that can be
transmitted between the start bit and stop bit (by default
—
8 bits
).
•
From the dropdown list
Stop bits
) select the number of stop bits that are
needed for correct identification of the byte end from the following range of values: 1;
0.5; 2; 1.5 (by default
—
1 bit
).
•
From the dropdown list
Parity
) select the mode of even parity control from
the following range of values: No; Even; Odd (by default
—
No
).
•
From the dropdown list
Flow control*
) select the data flow monitoring
mode from the following range of values: No; Hardware; Software (by default
—
No
).
Figure 20
—
Window of the converter connection parameters configuration
via RS-485 serial interface
**
*
For the software version 3.15 this setting is not supported.
**
The windows of settings for
MasterCAN RS2CAN
and
MasterCAN CAN2RS
models are identical.