Operational Interfaces
MagnaTran 7.1 User’s Manual
Serial Communication SIO1
MN-003-1600-00
Brooks Automation
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Revision 2.2
There are three serial communication ports labeled SIO1 and SIO2 and one hand held
Control Display Module port labeled CDM.
The main serial communications cable for Host Control and PC Control uses a stan-
dard 9-pin male “D” connector at the end that plugs into the robot in the connector
labeled “SIO1”. The pin-out for this cable is provided in
Note that pins not
identified with a signal name are to be left unconnected.
Table 5-2: RS-232/RS-422 Protocol
Port Configuration
RS-232 or RS-422
Baud Rate
9600
Data Bits
8
Parity
None
Stop Bits
1
Optional Parameters
Handshake
No
RTS/CTS
No
XON/XOFF
No
Table 5-3: RS-232 and RS-422 Connector Pin Assignments S101
Pin ID
RS 232 Signal Name
RS 422 Signal Name
1
2
TX
RX-
3
RX
RX+
4
5
GND
TX-
6
7
8
TX+
9