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MaxSSD Configuration & Diagnostics Utility
The Sealevel Systems configuration utility, MaxSSD, is designed to simplify the installation, configuration, and
diagnostics of Sealevel I/O modules. MaxSSD is a Microsoft Windows application and has been tested with
Windows 7, 8.1, and 10.
Host PC Configuration Tab
When you run the MaxSSD utility (Start
→
All Programs
→
Sealevel Systems
→
SeaMAX
→
MaxSSD
Configuration Utility) it will default to the “Host PC Configuration” tab. This tab allows the user to choose the
initial communication settings for the connected I/O device. The “COM Port” dropdown box allows the selection
of a serial COM port (from COM1 to COM256), and Ethernet (for Ethernet and Wireless SeaI/O modules).
USB connected SeaI/O modules are installed as virtual COM ports. Using device manager, expand “Ports
(COM & LPT)” by clicking on the ‘+’ next to the category, and locate the COM
port for your device and use it in
the dropdown box in MaxSSD.
Once a COM port is selected, the baud rate and parity can be selected.
The baud rate and parity of the PC must match the settings of the Sealevel I/O module to be configured.
The factory default settings for all Seallevel I/O modules are 9600 baud and no parity.
To communicate with a SeaI/O Ethernet or Wireless module, select “ETHERNET” from the “COM Port” dropdown
box. When Ethernet is selected, MaxSSD searches for any SeaI/O Ethernet or Wireless modules on the network
and displays their IP addresses in the “Available Ethernet Devices” list box (not shown). When an IP address is
selected from the list box, a socket is opened to the SeaI/O module, and it is ready for communication.