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How2_SOLAR485.pdf V1.0
A First Use Guide for Solar Inclinometers Using the RS485 Serial Interface.
Hello Angles...
A First Use Guide to the SOLAR Product Series:
RS485 Interface with
LD Standard Communication Protocol.
Страница 1: ...SOLAR485 pdf V1 0 A First Use Guide for Solar Inclinometers Using the RS485 Serial Interface Hello Angles A First Use Guide to the SOLAR Product Series RS485 Interface with LD Standard Communication P...
Страница 2: ...f you are using a SOLAR RS232 or a SOLAR RS485M product please search for your full part number on our website and download the document that specifically applies to your device as shown below Part nu...
Страница 3: ...e can be found inexpensively online and for this guide we ve used the Hjelmslund USB485 STISO product Hjelmslund have now replaced this product with the USB485 STIXL the only difference to our model i...
Страница 4: ...art is the website for the manufacturer of the hardware Step 3 Connect the Inclinometer wires to the USB COM Port Full RS485 connections for the SOLAR inclinometer are as follows SOLAR Wire Colour Sol...
Страница 5: ...ble then leave the red wire disconnected for now Connect the blue wire to the 0V Ve node of the power source whilst it s still connected to the Gnd point on the USB RS485 device as shown in the illust...
Страница 6: ...g is 38400 bps ensure this is selected and click on Connect You should now see angles being displayed on the screen Step 6 Sending Your Own Commands Using a RS485 Terminal Serial Monitor Program To cr...
Страница 7: ...an now begin to create the commands to send to the Inclinometer To do this go to Edit Edit Send Sequence List This will open the window shown below You can see that we ve given our first command a des...
Страница 8: ...setoasc Tx into the monitor window and the inclinometer should respond Rx with OK to indicate success You can now create a 2nd command to request the angles from the Inclinometer Open the Edit Sequen...
Страница 9: ...urn a 9 byte string such as 025 430 CR That s It You can now use the get x y command to read angles from your Inclinometer and these techniques to build on your collection of send sequences using the...
