Standard V6 Series Communication Protocol
3
118109-001 REV B
1.0 SCOPE
This document applies to the communication interface on the V6 Series Power
Supply.
2.0 FUNCTIONAL
DESCRIPTION
The V6 Series power supply provides a serial communications interface:
RS-232 on J1 I/O Connector
.
Data acquisition and control capabilities are provided by:
14 channels of 12-bit analog-to-digital converters
2 additional analog channels that monitor the house-keeping power supply
and ambient temperature
5 digital output bits
8 digital inputs bits
3
relays/interlocks
3.0
GETTING STARTED – HARDWARE SETUP
The digital hardware includes a 40MIPS digital signal processor
processor/controller
3.1 RS232
INTERFACE
The RS232C interface has the following attributes:
115.2K bits per second
No
Parity
8 Data Bits
1 Stop Bit
No
handshaking
3.2 RS-232
CABLING
An RS-232 cable where one end is a DB9 connector and the other end is
a DB15 male connector. Line 2 is connected straight through to pin 2 and
3 line is conncected straight through to line 3. Please refer to the following
chart.