IDX Manual (V1.15 / September 26
th
, 2008)
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Copyright © 2005-2008, TRINAMIC Motion Control GmbH & Co. KG
5.5.2
Control with terminal program
Having installed the hardware, the IDX can be controlled with any terminal program, like
HyperTerminal that comes with MS-Windows. Following steps are described for HyperTerminal but are
similar for the other terminal programs:
1.
Start HyperTerminal
2.
A window for a new connection opens. Fill in a name and press OK.
3.
Select the appropriate COM-port and press OK.
4.
Fill in the values like in Figure 5.5 and confirm with OK.
Bit rate:
Data bits:
Parity:
Stop bits:
Flow control:
none
none
Figure 5.5 : Connection settings for RS485
Type into the terminal window commands like “AV 50000”, “AA 300” or “Ac” and execute each with
ENTER. Pay attention to the spaces between command and value. With standard RS485 adapters the
typed value may be echoed and lines like AAVV 5500000000 for the typed AV 50000 appear. If this
happens best is to pay no attention to the screen and just type in the commands and press ENTER.
The value sent to the module is only the typed and not the displayed. An acceleration differing from
zero is required to get velocities in RS485 mode. Setting or storing this value to the EEPROM disables
step/direction control until acceleration is set to zero again (and eventually stored) or the board is
reset to factory default.
