12.0
COMMUNICATION (OPTIONAL)
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12.4
UPDATE SOFTWARE VIA FTP SITE
The Spyder can update its software from an FTP server.
WARNING: DOWNLOAD OF SOFTWARE IS ONLY REQUIRED FOR SPECIAL SOFTWARE OR
SOFTWARE PATCHES. CONTACT FACTORY.
Turn off power to the Spyder. Hold down the "Up" and "Down" arrow keys while turning on power. The display
should show the Update Software menu. Press the "Down" arrow. The display will show the program number it is
about to download. To edit the program number, Press the "Enter" key and enter the program number of the
software you need to download. Press the "Down" arrow key to start downloading the software.
When the display shows "Update Successful", press the "Down" arrow to reboot the Spyder. The Spyder will
reboot with the new program. The original software remains valid if any download results in an error and an error
screen is shown.
The following parameters must be set up for the software download to work:
IP Address, Subnet Mask, Gateway Address, FTP Address, FTP directory, FTP username, FTP password, and
FTP Program Number.
The factory defaults are as follows:
FTP Address:
192.168.1.200
FTP Username:
ftpmag.ftpusers
FTP Password:
fghj5678^$
FTP Directory:
ProductSoftware
For downloading Spyder software from a local FTP server running on a local PC you can get the SpyderWare
installation kit from the Maxcess website. This kit will install an FTP server on a Windows PC which can be used to
download software to the Spyder.
Go to
www.maxcessintl.com
. Type the keywords
“spyderware” in the Search field and press the Enter key. When
displayed, click on
SpyderWare Installation Kit
file, which links to a zip file. Save the zip file to a directory on your
computer. Unzip this file and follow the directions in the 850A324 user manual to install and use the software. This
software has only been tested on a Windows XP computer.
12.5
SPYDER CONFIGURATION TOOL
To get the Spyder Configuration Tool, go to
www.maxcessintl.com
. Type the keywords
“spyder config” in the
Search field and press the Enter key. When the results are displayed, filter for
Software
in the list on the left
–
do
not click Search a second time
. When displayed, click on
Spyder
Configuration Tool
, which links to a zip file.
Save the zip file to a directory on your computer. Unzip this file and follow the directions in the 850A325 user
manual to install and use the software. This software has only been tested on a Windows XP computer. The
Spyder Configuration Tool allows sending only Data, only Calibration, or both Data and Calibration type parameters
back to the Spyder. The column labeled Parameter Type in the Parameter List in Section 12.7 specifies whether a
parameter is considered a Data or Calibration parameter.
12.6
MODBUS/TCP COMMUNICATION
The Spyder acts as a Modbus/TCP slave device. It supports the function codes Read Holding Registers (code 03),
Read Input Registers (code 04), Write Single Register (code 06), and Write Multiple Registers (code 16). Either
Read Holding Registers or Read Input Registers may be used to read data, there is no difference between them.
The Spyder data size on Modbus is 180 Modbus registers of input and output starting at Modbus register
address 1. The table in Section 12.7 shows how all the Spyder parameters are mapped onto Modbus registers.
There are three parameters in the Network menu to configure the Modbus communications, Modbus Address,
Modbus Byte Order, and Modbus Word Order. Modbus Address specifies the Modbus address of this slave device
and ranges from 0 to 255.
The Spyder contains data which does not fit into the standard Modbus register size of 16-bits (2 bytes). Some
Spyder data consists of multiple consecutive Modbus registers. The following table shows the correspondence
between the Spyder data types and the number of Modbus registers used to represent the data.
