Trio Motion Coordinator Euro 205, Technical Reference Manual

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2-44 Hardware Overview
Motion Coordinator MC224
Trio Motion Technology
Serial Connector A:
Serial Connector B:
There is no hardware handshake on the serial ports. An XON\XOFF protocol is
used.
Network Interconnection
The optional Fibre-Optic Network connection is designed for communication
between the master modules and membrane keypads on large machines, or small
workgroups of machines.
The software for the network supports interconnection of up to 15 nodes in a
token-ring network format. The nodes may consist of any combination of com-
patible master controllers and Trio Membrane Keypads.
Note: Any membrane keypads connected must have software version 2.01 or higher.
Serial Connector 0:
Pin
Function Notes
1 Internal 5v
2 Internal 0v
3 RS232 Transmit Serial Port #0
4 RS232 Ground
5 RS232 Receive Serial Port #0
6 +5V Output
Serial Port #3 / #4
7 Externally buffered output (TTL)
8 Externally buffered input (TTL)
On the MC224 pins 1,2,7 and 8 can be used to interface a fibre optic adapter.
Note: Port 0 is the default programming port for connection to the PC running
Motion Perfect.
1
2
3
4
6
7
5
8
Serial Connector 1
Pin Function
Note
1 RS485 Data in A Serial Port #2
2 RS485 Data in B
3 RS232 Transmit
Serial Port #1
4 RS232 Ground
5 RS232 Receive
Serial Port #1
6 +5v Output
7 RS485 Data out Z
Serial Port #2
8 RS485 Data out Y
1
2
3
4
6
7
5
8