PLATINUM Series Controllers User’s Guide
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Reference Section: Initialization Mode (INIt)
6.5
Excitation Voltage (INIt > ECtN)
Select the Excitation Voltage (ECtN) parameter.
Navigate to the correct setting. Settings include the following:
5 V – 5 Volt excitation voltage (factory default)
10 V – 10 Volt excitation voltage
12 V – 12 Volt excitation voltage
24 V – 24 Volt excitation voltage
0 V – Excitation turned off
Select the indicated option.
6.6
Communication (INIt > CoMM)
Select the Communication Type (CoMM) to configure. Only installed communications options
show up for configuration (USB is always present). If more than one communications option is
installed, any or all of them can be configured for simultaneous operation.
Navigate to the correct option. Options include the following:
USb – Universal Serial Bus (USB) communications
EtHN – Ethernet communications configuration
SER – Serial (either RS232 or RS485) communications configuration
Select the indicated option.
Navigate to the desired parameter submenu. Options include the following:
PRot – Protocol
AddR – Address
Note:
The serial communications (SER) option above also includes the following parameter:
C.PAR – Communications parameters only applicable to serial communications
Select the indicated option.
6.6.1
Protocol (INIt > CoMM > USb, EtHN, SER > PRot)
Select the Protocol (PRot) parameter.
Navigate to the desired setting. Settings include the following:
oMEG – (factory default) Omega’s Protocol, using standard ASCII encoding. Further
detail on this format is covered in the Communications Manual.
M.bUS – Modbus protocol, available as Modbus RTU (RtU, default) or
Modbus/ASCII (ASCI). The Ethernet option supports Modbus/TCPIP. More detail on
using this protocol can be found in the Communications Manual.
Select the desired setting.