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7.12 Serial Communication Test Set-Up
Use the following instructions as basic set-up to test the serial communication operation.
1.
Equipment
: PC with Windows Hyper Terminal, software installed, Genesys
TM
Power supply, RS232 cable.
2.
PC set-up:
2.1 Open Hyper Terminal……………………. New Connection.
2.2 Enter a name
2.3 Connect to………………………………… Direct to Com 1 or Com 2
2.4 Configure port properties:
Bits per second……9600
Data bits……………8
Parity……………….None
Stop bits……………1
Flow control……….None
2.5 Open Properties in the program
File…………… Properties
2.6 Setting:
ASCII Set Up
Select Echo characters locally, select send line ends with line feed.
On
some PC systems, pressing the number keypad “Enter” will
distort displayed messages. Use the alphabetic “Enter” instead.
3.
Power supply set-up:
3.1 Connect the power supply to the PC using the RS232 cable.
3.2 Set via the front panel: Baud Rate: 9600, Address: 06 (default).
3.3 Set via the rear panel: RS232/RS485 to RS232 (refer to Section 4.4.).
4.
Communication Test:
4.1 Select a power supply at address 6:
PC:write: ADR 6
Power supply response: “OK”
4.2 Command test:
PC write: OUT 1
Power supply respon
se: “OK”
PC write: PV 5.0
Power supply response: “OK”
PC write: PC 1.0
Power supply response: “OK”
The power supply should turn on and the display will indicate the actual Output
Voltage and the actual Output Current.
