POWER SWITCH PSE508MA & PSE508SA
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C
ONTROL THE POWER SOCKETS OF A
P
OWER
S
WITCH
S
ATELLITE
T
WIN OR SEVERAL
S
ATELLITES
CONNECTED TOGETHER
In this case, you have to make a special serial cable as indicated by the drawing in §7 or contact
your dealer to order one.
1. Use this special cable to connect the Power Switch Satellite Twin to an available serial port of
your PC.
2. Run a terminal program such as Windows HyperTerminal or the MicroTerminal program on the
CD (folder miscellaneous).
3. Configure the appropriate serial port with the following settings:
9.600 bauds, 8 bits, no parity, 1 stop bit and no flow control.
If you use the MicroTerminal program on the CD (folder miscellaneous) you only have to
choose the used serial port, this program is already configured at 9600,n,8,1.
4. From your computer, enter the command as explained below.
The syntax of the command line is:
Pxy=z
Parameter
Value
Function
x
1 to 4
1 to 4 means the corresponding connected Satellite
y
0
1 to 8
means that all the sockets have to be controlled together
indicates the number of the socket you want to control
z
0
Command to switch the socket(s) OFF
1
Command to switch the socket(s) ON
r
Command to restart the socket(s)
t
Command to toggle the state of the socket
Example to control the first Satellite
DIP-Switch: 1 = off and 2 = off
P10=1 <ENTER> switch all 8 sockets ON
P10=0 <ENTER> switch all 8 sockets OFF
P14=r <ENTER> restart socket 4
P18=t
<ENTER> toggle socket 8
Example to control the second Satellite
DIP-Switch: 1 = on and 2 = off
P20=1 <ENTER> switch all 8 sockets ON
P25=0 <ENTER> switch socket 5 OFF
Remarks:
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The Power Switch accepts lower case and upper case commands.
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The Power Switch sends an echo for each received character.
