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NAP7000D

User Manual (Version 1.0) ---- 1

NAP7000D

User Manual

ComputerBoards, Inc.

Revision 1.0

July 1998

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Page 1: ...NAP7000D User Manual Version 1 0 1 NAP7000D User Manual ComputerBoards Inc Revision 1 0 July 1998 ...

Page 2: ... 7014 D 16 2 7 SETTING THE CB 7017 CB 7018 22 2 8 SETTING THE CB 7021 25 2 9 SETTING CB 7041 CB 7052 CB 7053 28 2 10 SETTING CB 7042 CB 7043 AND CB 7067 31 2 11 SETTING CB 7044 CB 7050 CB 7060 33 2 12 DISPLAY THE SETTING RESULT 35 2 13 DISPLAY THE SEARCHING RESULT 36 2 14 SAVE AND OPEN THE SETTING FILE 37 2 15 TO EXIT THE NAP7000D 38 3 NAP7000D TUTORIAL 39 3 1 TUTORIAL 1 ONE CB 7017 MODULE 39 3 2 ...

Page 3: ...e NAP7000 pass the data acquired from CB 7000 module to other application by means of the hot link Or a user can control the CB 7000 module using the NAP7000D after establishing these hot link conversation The NAP7000D is a mouse driven system that provides the ability of developing CB 7000 application by just clicking mouse 1 1 The Contents of NAP7000D package The NAP7000D package includes one di...

Page 4: ...em z A PC compatible computer with Pentium chips z 16 MB RAM Memory z 2 MB hard disk available space z Starting Installation z Insert disk 1 or disk 2 into your disk drive according to what platform 95 NT you using z Then clicking Start in the task bar z Enter A Setup as Fig 1 1 shown z Click OK to start the install process Fig 1 1 install the NAP7000D ...

Page 5: ...er Manual Version 1 0 5 1 3 Un Installation z Invoking Control Panel as Fig 1 2 shown Fig 1 2 z Click Add Rem Programs icon in Control Panel to invoke Add Remove Programs Properties z Select NAP7000D to uninstall ...

Page 6: ...NAP7000D User Manual Version 1 0 6 Fig 1 3 Uninstallation the NAP7000D ...

Page 7: ...n function In the following chapter a tutorial with many examples are introduced that to guide the user to familiar NAP7000D With NAP7000D a user take advantage of the ability that to control the ICPCOM 7000 series module without having to code the program z I7000 DLL and UART DLL The I7000 DLL and UART DLL are the DLL Dynamic Linking Library These two DLL consists of a set of functions for perfor...

Page 8: ...NAP7000D User Manual Version 1 0 8 2 The Operation of NAP7000D 2 1 Starting NAP7000D To start the NAP7000D click the Start in the task bar as Fig 2 1 shown Fig 2 1 Double the NAP7000D icon to start it ...

Page 9: ...By default the startup window will stay on about 3 second The user can disappear it by pressing the right button of the mouse During the startup time the NAP7000D will detect automatically the COM port that the CB 7000 module attach to the computer The startup information is shown as Fig 2 2 Fig 2 2 The Startup information for NAP7000D ...

Page 10: ...attached to the computer is displayed in the main window The user may change the COM port whenever he demand For example when pressing the right button of mouse during startup time to quit the startup information The displayed COM port may be wrong So the user must select the correct COM port that CB 7000 connected to the computer before he going on Fig 2 3 The NAP7000D main window ...

Page 11: ...7000D s main window And the File main menu contain three sub menu These sub menu are Open Save and Exit Fig 2 5 The menu item in File menu The COM Port Search and Run DDE do not contain any sub menu The Display contains two sub menu those are Conv Setting Result and Search Result Fig 2 6 The menu item in Display menu The detail information about these menu described in the following section ...

Page 12: ... every module s configuration information would be a annoyed burden when constructing the network with large number CB 7000 modules Or it is necessary to understand every module s configuration information when adding a module into the original network in order to avoid conflict The NAP7000D facilitate the booking by performing the search process by clicking Search menu in the main window After pe...

Page 13: ... the baud rate may be choose among 115200 57600 38400 19200 9600 4800 2400 Please refer to sec 2 4 to choose the COM Port and baud rate for searching process During the search processing user can quit in any time by click the Stop or Exit button And the searching result display in a window that represent the found module All the configuration information for every CB 7000 module will be displayed ...

Page 14: ...Manual Version 1 0 14 2 4 Choose the COM Port and Baud Rate for Search Please following these steps to choose the COM port and baud rate that determine the searching range Fig 2 8 Setting the COM Port and Baud Rates ...

Page 15: ...013 D and CB 7014 D z Analog Input with eight channels These are CB 7017 and CB 7018 z Analog Output with one channel These is CB 7021 z Digital Input Only These are CB 7041 CB 7052 and CB 7053 z Digital Output Only These are CB 7042 CB 7043 and CB 7067 z Digital Input and Digital Output Both These are CB 7044 CB 7050 and CB 7060 The setting configuration step is different for setting CB 7000 in t...

Page 16: ...mple we check Conv0 for demos purpose as shown in fig 2 9 A user can check any ConvN to start its module configuration setting After checked a window titled setting CB 7000 Module Configuration will pop up We have to set the module type baud rate module address and checksum in this window for this DDE conversation working properly Fig 2 9 Check a ConvN to start module configuration setting ...

Page 17: ...NAP7000D User Manual Version 1 0 17 Fig 2 9 shown the state that hasn t performed searching process Fig 2 9 ...

Page 18: ... using method 2 then skip step3 step4 and step5 Step 3 Entry the module address for the selected module In this case please enter 1 Step 4 Select the exact baud rate in the Baud Rate Combo for the selected module In this case please select 9600 Step 5 Select the status of checksum Disable or Enable for your CB 7012D Notice the status of checksum must be exact to your physical CB 7012D module devic...

Page 19: ... setting window shown as Fig 2 11 Fig 2 11 After setting the module configuration Step 6 when Fig 2 11 display click OK button to accept the setting or click Cancel button to cancel the setting After OK button is clicked the main window of NAP7000D display as Fig 2 12 to tell the user these setting step is completed ...

Page 20: ...completing a setting The user can move the mouse point to the checked Conv0 Then press the right button of mouse to retrieve the setting information And a information window would be toggled on as Fig 2 13 shown Again pressing the right button may toggle off the information window ...

Page 21: ...NAP7000D User Manual Version 1 0 21 Fig 2 13 Toggle on the information window ...

Page 22: ...ease select 7017 or 7018 In this examples the 7017 is selected Step 3 After selecting 7017 a window titled 7017 7018 Channel selection will pop up as Fig 2 14 shown The user can check the desired input channel to received analog input data Or just push Select All button to select all eight channels After check the desire channels then push OK button to complete the channel selection Or pushing Can...

Page 23: ...isable or Enable Notice the status of checksum must be exact to your physical CB 7000 series module device If you select Enable you must to enable checksum status for CB 7000 module The default setting for CB 7000 series module is disable After above six steps the setting window shown as Fig 2 15 Fig 2 15 After setting the module configuration Step 7 when Fig 2 15 display click OK button to accept...

Page 24: ...the checked Conv8 Then press the right button of mouse to retrieve the setting information And a information window would be toggled on as fig 2 16 shown Again pressing the right button may toggle off the information window Fig 2 16 Toggle on the information window for Conv8 ...

Page 25: ...0 to 31 to start the setting CB 7000 module configuration In this examples the Conv16 is checked Step 2 Select the module type as Fig 2 10 shown In this case please select 7021 After selecting 7021 then a window titled setting 7021 will pop up as fig 2 17 shown Fig 2 17 The setting 7021 window ...

Page 26: ...ing When establishing the DDE hot link conversation the user must fill out Service Topic and Item fields in the 7021 setting window Usually the content in Service field is just the application s name such as Excel Genie The content in Topic field is the working sheet or document in the application such as sheet1 for Excel STRTGY1 for Genie The content in Item field is the item s name that contain ...

Page 27: ... case please enter 3 Step 5 Select the exact baud rate in the Baud Rate Combo for the selected module Step 6 Select the status of checksum Disable or Enable Notice the status of checksum must be exact to your physical CB 7000 series module device If you select Enable you must to enable checksum status for CB 7000 module The default setting for CB 7000 series module is disable After above six steps...

Page 28: ...etting CB 7041 CB 7052 CB 7053 Step1 Check a ConvN here N means 0 to 31 to start the setting CB 7000 module configuration In this example the Conv1 is checked Step 2 Select the desired module type as Fig 2 10 shown method 1 or method 2 In this case please select 7041 7052 or 7053 In this examples the 7041 is selected ...

Page 29: ...t there are 14 digital input channel Pressing the Digital Input button means this CB 7041 module perform the digital input function Step 4 Entry the module address for the selected module Step 5 Select the exact baud rate in the Baud Rate Combo for the selected module Step 6 Select the status of checksum Disable or Enable Notice the status of checksum must be exact to your physical CB 7000 series ...

Page 30: ...AP7000D User Manual Version 1 0 30 7041 window with method 2 please referring Fig 2 10 After above six steps the setting window shown as Fig 2 23 Fig 2 23 Step 7 Clicking OK button to accept the setting ...

Page 31: ...ed Step 3 After selecting 7042 a window titled setting Configuration for 7042 will pop up as Fig 2 24 shown Fig 2 24 The setting Configuration for 7042 window This window given some information about the CB 7042 module Because CB 7042 is just a digital output module The portion of Digital input is gray that means the user can not set in this portion And the portion of Digital Output show that ther...

Page 32: ...Disable or Enable Notice the status of checksum must be exact to your physical CB 7000 series module device If you select Enable you must to enable checksum status for CB 7000 module The default setting for CB 7000 series module is disable The Step 4 Step 5 and Step 6 can be skipped if invoking setting Configuration for 7042 window with method 2 please referring Fig 2 10 Step 7 Clicking OK button ...

Page 33: ...itled setting Configuration for 7044 will pop up as Fig 2 25 shown Fig 2 25 The setting Configuration for 7044 window This window given some information about the CB 7044 module Because CB 7044 is digital input output module All the portion of Digital Input and Digital Output is active The user can set in all portion And the portion of Digital Input show that there are 4 digital input channels Dig...

Page 34: ...lected module Step 6 Select the status of checksum Disable or Enable Notice the status of checksum must be exact to your physical CB 7000 series module device If you select Enable you must to enable checksum status for CB 7000 module The default setting for CB 7000 series module is disable The Step 4 Step 5 and Step 6 can be skipped if invoking setting Configuration for 7044 window with method 2 p...

Page 35: ... Setting Result menu as Fig 2 26 shown Fig 2 26 After click Conv Setting Result menu a window titled Display DDE Conversation Setting Information will pop up as Fig 2 27 shown The user can get whole information of all module setting It is facility utility that understanding the configuration of your remote control system Fig 2 27 Display DDE Conversation Setting Information window ...

Page 36: ...rching Result After searching the CB 7000 modules The user can get the searching result by click Display Search Result menu as fig 2 28 shown Fig 2 28 After click Search Result menu a window titled The searching Result will pop up as fig 2 29 shown Fig 2 29 ...

Page 37: ...ing the configuration for CB 7000 modules The user can save the setting configuration information in a file with CON extension file name And retrieved the setting configuration information by open the saved file The Open and Save menu shown as fig 2 30 Fig 2 30 Open Save the con file ...

Page 38: ...NAP7000D User Manual Version 1 0 38 2 15 To Exit the NAP7000D When want to exit NAP7000D the user can click Exit menu to exit the NAP7000D as shown in Fig 2 31 Fig 2 31 ...

Page 39: ...ing CB 7000 Module one CB 7520 and One CB 7017 z Working Software NAP7000D z Function To demonstrate how to control the CB 7017 by NAP7000D z Working Steps Step 1 Setting the configuration of the CB 7017 and select all channels as Fig 3 1 shown Then click OK button to accept the channel selection ...

Page 40: ... 2 Enter the exact baud rate module address and checksum according to your CB 7017 configuration please referring Fig 2 10 as Fig 3 2 shown Then click the OK button to accept the configuration setting Fig 3 2 Accept the setting CB 7017 configuration ...

Page 41: ...erval according to your system performance Here we accept the default interval that is 1000 mSec It mean the period that the CPU perform the NAP7000D function call Then click Run DDE to activate the DDE hot link The main window of NAP7000D as shown in Fig 4 3 Fig 3 3 ...

Page 42: ...r every channel is displayed in first conversation channel as Fig 3 4 These values may change every one second because the timer interval is set to 1000 mSec In this examples the input value of channel 0 of CB 7017 is 3 674V and the input value of channel 4 is 1 518V Fig 3 4 Step 4 Click Quit command button to quit the DDE running ...

Page 43: ... interval according to your system performance Here we accept the default interval that is 1000 mSec Then click Run DDE to activate DDE hot link Please referring Fig 4 3 Step 4 Activating Excel Now we need establish DDE link between NAP7000D to Excel Here the NAP7000D act as DDE server that publishing the data And the Excel act as DDE client that receiving the published data The DDE client has the...

Page 44: ...5 TextN where N is 1 to 32 when working with NAP7000D Now selecting a cell of Excel for example A1 cell Then typing NAP7000D FORM5 TEXT1 into the cell as Fig 3 5 shown Then pressing Enter to accept the typing and the A1 will receive the data coming from NAP7000D as shown in Fig 3 6 Fig 3 5 ...

Page 45: ...NAP7000D User Manual Version 1 0 45 Fig 3 6 Passing data from NAP7000D to Excel ...

Page 46: ...B 7017 Typing MID function in a cell of Excel For example the channel 0 s value is retrieved in A2 by keying MID A1 1 7 as Fig 3 7 shown Fig 3 7 To retrieve channel 0 s value into a cell by mean of MID function The retrieved value shown as Fig 3 8 Fig 3 8 The retrieved value displayed in the cell ...

Page 47: ...ion 1 0 47 Fig 3 9 and Fig 3 10 show how to retrieve channel 1 s value and display its value in Excel Fig 3 9 To retrieve channel 1 s value into a cell by mean of MID function Fig 3 10 The retrieved value displayed in the cell ...

Page 48: ...ng Software NAP7000D and Excel z Function To demonstrate how to passing the value from Excel to CB 7021 z Working Steps Step 1 Setting the configuration of the CB 7021 as Fig 3 11 shown Please adjusting the baud rate and module address according to your CB 7021 module configuration In this case the A1 cell of Excel which contain the value passing to NAP7000D Fig 3 11 ...

Page 49: ...NAP7000D User Manual Version 1 0 49 Step 2 Activating Excel Then entering a value in A1 cell for examples 1 23 as shown in Fig 3 12 It means the output voltage of CB 7021 will be 1 23V Fig 3 12 ...

Page 50: ...Step 3 Click Run DDE menu to start NAP7000D function call Step 4 Trying to change the value of A1 cell of Excel then the value in first conversation channel may vary according to the value in A1 cell of Excel as shown in Fig 3 14 Fig 3 14 ...

Page 51: ...one CB 7520 and One CB 7012 CB 7017 CB 7021 and CB 7044 z Working Software NAP7000D z Function To demonstrate how to control a remote control network consist of CB 7012 CB 7017 CB 7021 and CB 7044 in different baud rate speed z Working Steps Step 1 Setting the configurations for these four CB 7000 modules as Fig 3 15 shown ...

Page 52: ...function call Step 3 Click Run DDE menu to start DDE hot link After Run DDE is clicked a window title DDE Conversation Channel will pop up The input output value for every CB 7000 module is displayed in first 4 conversation channels as Fig 3 16 There are z 1st Conv the analog input value of CB 7012D z 2nd Conv The assigned analog output value of CB 7021 z 3rd Conv The analog input value for each i...

Page 53: ...z Wording Software NAP7000D and Excel z Function To demonstrate how to control a remote control network consist of CB 7012 CB 7017 CB 7021 and CB 7044 Here the CB 7021 and CB 7044 control by Excel z Working Steps Step 1 Setting the configurations for these four CB 7000 modules as Fig 3 17 shown Please adjusting the baud rate and module address according to your CB 7000 module configuration ...

Page 54: ...tep 2 Activating Excel Then entering a value in A1 and A2 cell For examples 2 34 in A1 It means the analog output voltage of CB 7021 will be 2 34V Then typing 15 in A2 It means the digital output value of CB 7044 is F hex Please referring Fig 3 18 ...

Page 55: ...hot link After that the DDE Conversation Channel window will pop up as Fig 3 19 shown Fig 3 19 Step 4 Trying to change the value of A1 and A2 cell of Excel then the value in second and fourth conversation channel vary according to the value in A1 and A2 cell of Excel as shown in Fig 3 20 ...

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