NextMove BX Installation Manual for Mint™ v4
3.7
Relay: J5
The relay connections on the connector are shown as the shaded boxes.
Pin No
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
A single pole, change-over relay is included on the card to provide a volt-free contact for the
enabling of other parts of the system, such as drives. The relay is controlled by a latch which is
cleared during reset of the unit. Reset occurs on power up or power down, watchdog error and 5V
under-voltage. The relay is energized only by software control. The relay is the default global error
output channel.
Because of the track rating on the PCB, the relay is limited to a rating of 500mA at 24V dc.
For this reason, the relay should be used for voltage free signal switching and should not be
Associated MINT keywords are:
RELAY, DRIVEENABLEOUTPUT, GLOBALERROROUTPUT
3.8
Serial Ports
The unit is fitted with a DUART providing one RS232 port and one RS485 port. The serial ports are
set up for the following configuration by default:
•
9600 Baud
•
1 start bit
•
8 data bits
•
1 stop bit
•
No parity
•
RTS/CTS Hardware handshaking disabled (RS232 port only)
24
Signal
Function
err-com
Relay common contact
err-nc
Relay normally closed contact
Relay normally open contact
err-no
err-com
Relay common contact
usr-V+
Power rail for digital output driver
Power rail for digital output driver
usr-V+
usr-com
Common reference for digital inputs
usr-com
Common reference for digital inputs
usr-com
0v reference for digital output driver
0v reference for digital output driver
usr-com
used for power.
MN1258V4 08/2000