Alcorn Mcbride TourTraXX, Руководство пользователя

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May 15, 2012 • Alcorn McBride TourTraXX User’s Manual • Rev 1.3 • Page 21
Control Methods
For your convenience, Alcorn McBride distributes an application called AMI Terminal, which allows
you to control the TourTraXX via RS-232 or Ethernet with the click of a button. This free application
can be obtained at
http://www.alcorn.com/support/software.html .
Serial Control
The TourTraXX can be controlled using the male DB-9 RS-232 connector on the rear panel. If you are
interfacing to the unit with a PC or other type of controller, you will need to use a straight-through DB-
9 Female to DB-9 Female serial cable. For your convenience, this cable has been included with your
TourTraXX.
This serial interface operates at 9600 baud, no parity, 8 bits per character, and one stop bit
(9600,8,N,1).
All serial commands are ASCII based, and are terminated with a carriage return (hexadecimal value
0x0D). The complete list of supported commands can be found in the Command Protocol section of
this manual.
Ethernet Control
The TourTraXX is equipped with an Ethernet interface that allows you to control the unit using a
standard Ethernet Protocol called UDP (User Datagram Protocol).
UDP is a very simple Ethernet protocol that allows an Ethernet device to transmit a generic string of
data to another Ethernet device. Since UDP is such a common standard, UDP packets can be generated
easily by a large variety of controllers and PC applications. The UDP packet handles all of the
complexities of getting the message where it needs to go in one piece. The good news is that you do not
have to understand those complexities. As a matter of fact, you only need to know the following
information to send a UDP message.
1. Destination IP Address – This needs to be the IP address of the TourTraXX you intend to
control. The default IP address of the TourTraXX is 192.168.0.254 .
2. Destination Port – This value needs to be the UDP port that the TourTraXX is listening
to for UDP commands. This value is always 2638 .
3. Source Port - This is the UDP port the PC or controller will use to send the UDP
message. It does not matter what port you choose, as long as it is a legal UDP port. If you
have no idea what a legal UDP port is, just use
2638 .
4. Data – This is the actual message that you are sending to the TourTraXX. This message
needs to be a Command Protocol message (i.e. 5C1PL<CR>).
All UDP commands are ASCII based, and are terminated with a carriage return (hexadecimal value
0x0D). The complete list of supported commands can be found in the Command Protocol section.