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Capacitor bank protection and control system
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1.3 ENERVISTA UR SETUP SOFTWARE
b) CONFIGURING SERIAL COMMUNICATIONS
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A GE Multilin F485 converter (or compatible RS232-to-RS485 converter) is required. See the F485 instruction manual for
details.
1.
Connect a serial cable to the RS485 terminal on the back of the UR device.
2.
In the EnerVista Launchpad software on the computer, select the UR device to start the software.
3.
Click the Device Setup button to open the Device Setup window, and click the Add Site button to define a new site.
4.
Enter a site name in the Site Name field. Optionally add a short description of the site along with the display order of
devices defined for the site. This example uses "Location 1" as the site name. When done, click the OK button. The
new site appears in the upper-left list in the EnerVista UR Setup window.
5.
Click the Device Setup button, then select the new site to re-open the Device Setup window.
6.
Click the Add Device button to define the new device.
7.
Enter a name in the "Device Name" field and a description (optional) of the site.
8.
Select "Serial" from the Interface drop-down list. This displays a number of interface parameters that must be entered
for serial communications.
9.
Enter the relay slave address, COM port, baud rate, and parity settings from the
MUNICATIONS
10. Click the Read Order Code button to connect to the C70 device and upload the order code. If a communications error
occurs, ensure that the EnerVista UR Setup serial communications values entered in the previous step correspond to
the relay setting values.
11. Click the OK button when the relay order code has been received. The new device is added to the Site List window (or
Online window) located in the top left corner of the main EnerVista UR Setup window.
The device has now been configured for RS232 communications. Proceed to the Connecting to the C70 section to begin
communication.
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Figure 1–7: CONFIGURING SERIAL COMMUNICATIONS
menu in their respective fields.
SERIAL PORTS
C70 Capacitor Bank Protection and Control System
1 GETTING STARTED
SETTINGS
PRODUCT SETUP
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