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Setup guide for EZ50B and EZ500B serial RS232 RF Radios 

 

Establishing a link 

Verifying communication 

Configuring the parameters 

 

 

 

Establishing a link in a test setup 

 

Before connecting the serial radios to your equipment we strongly recommend you to 

become familiar with the radios by making a test setup. This will also verify that the radios 

are correctly setup and can communicate properly.  

 

 

1.  To make a test setup we need to connect two EZ50B radios to a PC as shown below. In 

this example, our PC has one native serial COM port for connecting one EZ50B radio so 
we need to use a USB to serial adapter for connecting the second radio to the PC; so in 
this example a total of three USB ports are required to make this test. 

 
                    

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Summary of Contents for EZ500B

Page 1: ...ongly recommend you to become familiar with the radios by making a test setup This will also verify that the radios are correctly setup and can communicate properly 1 To make a test setup we need to c...

Page 2: ...r has been assigned to the USB serial adapter Notice We highly recommend using quality USB serial adapters with a FTDI chipset such as our part number UXS880U Using a low cost adapter will in many cas...

Page 3: ...serial connector on the EZ50B to your USB serial adapter or your computer s COM port if you are not using a USB Serial adapter The EZ50B needs a 5VDC power supply to work this is provided through the...

Page 4: ...ows Device Manager which COM port the second USB serial port has been assigned In this example the second COM port is a native COM port COM 1 You have now successfully connected the two radios to the...

Page 5: ...cate Download AccessPort from Uwww USconverters comU Open two instances of AccessPort one for each COM port in this case COM 4 and COM 1 In the menu line click Tools Configuration and set the correct...

Page 6: ...for the units The COM ports to the EZ50B units are now open If you are getting an error message saying Cannot open port it usually means that either A The virtual COM port created by the USB serial ad...

Page 7: ...sPort for the first radio enter a text string and click the AutoSend button Notice 1 The two radios must be spaced at least 5 feet apart to have reliable communication otherwise interference might cau...

Page 8: ...e After you have successfully made this test setup and verified that the radios can communicate properly you can connect the radios to your equipment If you are having problems communicating once you...

Page 9: ...2017 Make sure you use the correct version depending on when you purchased the radios You can download both versions from Uwww USconverters comU UConnecting with the configuration software With the EZ...

Page 10: ...channel utility only for radios purchased AFTER 05 16 2017 Below is shown the 32 channel configuration utility s main screen with the COM port open Below is shown the old 8 channel configuration utili...

Page 11: ...All rights reserved Click the COM button to open the COM port settings Check in Device Manager which COM port number your computer is using in this example it is COM port 18 Click the Open button Bel...

Page 12: ...www usconverters com 12 USconverters com Copyright All rights reserved Click the Search button to search for the radio...

Page 13: ...ers com 13 USconverters com Copyright All rights reserved Click the Read button to read all parameters currently stored in the radio DO NOT CHANGE THE RADIO s FREQUENCY CHANGING THE FREQUENCY MAY DAMA...

Page 14: ...USconverters com Copyright All rights reserved The Transmit Both Sides and Data transmit tabs can be used for testing communication however we recommend using AccessPort for testing as described earl...

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