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Industrial Computer Products Data Acquisition System RMV-511 Intelligent Multiport Serial to GPRS Gateway with I/O User manual V1.0...
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Warranty All products manufactured by ICP DAS are under warranty regarding defective materials for a period of one year, beginning from the data of delivery to the original purchaser. Warning ICP DAS assumes no liability for damages consequent to the use of this product.
4.7.6 Inquiring Firmware Version ........................28 How to use the RMV-511 Utility through the Virtual com to access remote the parameters of the RMV-511 ..29 The necessary software installed ........................29 Setting the VxServer and VxComm Driver ....................30 Modbus RTU Protocol ............................
I/O monitor. The user-friendly Axiom Driver/Utility and VxServer allow users to easily turn the built-in COM ports of the RMV-511 into standard COM ports on a PC. By virtue of its protocol independence, a small-core OS and high flexibility, the RMV-511 is able to meet the demands of every network-enabled application.
2. Hardware 2.1 Specifications System 32 bit CPU SRAM 64 Kbytes Flash Memory 512 Kbytes Gives time(sec, min, hour) & data, leap year compensation WDT(watchdog) GSM/GPRS Module Frequency Band Quad-band: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz Class 4 (2 W @ 850/900 MHz) Compliant with GSM Phase 2/2+ Class 1 (1 W @ 1800/1900 MHz) Coding Schemes CS 1, CS 2, CS 3, CS 4...
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Analog Input Channels Resolution 12 bits Input Range/Type 0~20 mA Power Protection Reverse polarity protection Frame Ground Protection ESD, Surge, EFT, Hi-Pot Required Supply Voltage +10 VDC ~ +30 VDC Mechanical Casing Plastic Flammability UL 94V-0 materials Dimensions (W x L x H) 91 mm x 132 mm x 52 mm Installation DIN-Rail...
2.2 Appearance and Pin Assignments The following figure shows the appearance of RMV-511. DI/DO COM Port & Power Input Terminal Terminal Assignment Assignment Ground for COM Utility Port RxD1 RS-232 TxD1 COM1 RS-485 RST+ Reset DI COM DI COM RST-...
(2) GSM (Green): The modem LED can indicate the status of GSM module. GSM module normal GSM module failed Blinking (3 sec) Blinking (not 3 sec) (3) STA (Orange): The system LED indicated whether the RMV-511 is normal of failed. Successful First Use No connected to VxServer...
2.6 Installing RMV-511 If users want to start RMV-511 normally, it needs to follow these steps to install the RMV-511 below: Install the GSM antenna Plug in the normal SIM card (Before apply the SIM card, confirm it is OK by mobile phone.)
3.1 Installing .NET Framework It needs the runtime environment with .NET Framework 2.0 or above to execute the RMV-511 Utility in the PC. If there has .NET Framework 2.0 or above in the PC, the section 3.1 can be omitted.
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Press "Next" to the next step. 2. Select the "I accept the terms of the License Agreement" and "Install" to the next step.
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3. The installation process would be going 4. After finishing the installation, press "Finish" to exit the program.
3.2 Installing the RMV-511 Utility Plug in the shipment CD into the PC, Execute\RMV-511\Software\RMV-511_Utility_Setup_Vx.xx.exe The installation figure is as follows: 1. Press "Next" to start the installation procedure. 2. Select the installation path. The default path is "C:\ICPDAS\RMV-511_Utility". Press “Next” to the next step.
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3. Select the "Start Menu Folder", Press "Next" to the next step. 4. Select additional tasks. Press "Next" to the next step...
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5. Click "Install" to start to install the RMV-511 Utility 6. Click "Finish" to finish installing RMV-511 Utility...
These tools include all the function operation of the RMV-511 Utility. The description is as the following: 1. Project: The parameters of the RMV-511 can be saved as the project file. The operation functions include "New", "Open", "Save", "Save as…", and etc...
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(4) Description: A particular or minute account (5) Status Bar: This bar can show the operation procedure of the RMV-511 Utility. From left to right, they are: 1. The used com port number 2. Communication configuration of the COM Port 3.
For connecting to the RMV-511, you can follow the steps below. (1) Select the COM port of the host PC and connect to the Utility port of RMV-511. (2) Press "Connect" to connect to the RMV-511. If the connection is failed, check...
The parameters would be shown in the right of the windows if click the tree field in the left side of the RMV-511 Utility. Press the parameters’ “Value” filed can change these parameters as the following figure. There are 12 items in the system field below.
(1) Download parameters As the configuration is finishing, the function can download the parameters to the RMV-511 by clicking “Download” as the following figure. (2) Upload Parameters "Uploading" button can upload the parameters from the RMV-511 as the following figure.
4.6 I/O Monitor (1) Press "I/O monitor" can show the I/O status. (2) This function is used to control DO0 and DO1 channels and show the status of DI channels and AI value. It will automation get the IO status per 5 sec. Text field: A.
Click "System->Signal Quality" can show the signal quality windows to know the GSM signal strength. Field Description: The strength is divided into 5 sections shown in percentage. Operation: Read:Read the GSM signal strength from the RMV-511. 4.7.2 Reboot the RMV-511 Clicking "System->Reboot RMV-511" button can reset the RMV-511 as follows.
4.7.3 Inputting the PIN/PUK When the RMV-511 starts and the STA LED is blanking per 50 ms, it is needed to input the PIN or PUK code in the RMV-511. In this condition, click “System->Input PIN/PUK” button to set the PIN/PUK code.
4.7.4 Recover to the Factory Settings It can recover the RMV-511 to the default settings by clicking "System->Recover Default Settings". 4.7.5 Inquiring System status Press "SystemSystem status" in tool menu, and the window would show the RMV-511 working status Field instruction: ...
4.7.6 Inquiring Firmware Version Press "System->Firmware Version" in tool menu, and the window would show the versions of the RMV-511 Utility and firmware.
5. How to use the RMV-511 Utility through the Virtual com to access remote the parameters of the RMV-511 5.1 The necessary software installed Installing .NET Compact Framework Installing VxServer Installing VxComm Drivr Installing RMV-511 Utility Download Microsoft .Net Framework Version 2.0: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0856eacb-4362-4b0...
5.2 Setting the VxServer and VxComm Driver (1) Verify that the device has been connected up (2) Execute VxComm Utility, then click "Search Servers"...
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(3) Select your device, then click "Add Server(s)" (4) IP Range=> check "Maps virtual COM ports to "Port I/O" on servers".
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(5) Advanced Options, please follow the below parameter settings Parameters Fixed value Keep Alive Time Connection Broken Connect Timeout Command Port 10000 Virtual I/O Port 9999...
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Port I/O Port 1 Port I/O :The port I/O can configure the system parameter via RMV-511 utility, it can also get the I/O status and control the DO. I/O control methods please refer the chapter 6. Port 1:The Port 1 mapping to the COM1 of RMV-511...
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(8) According the Port I / O of VxComm Utility to select the com port of RMV-511 Utility, then click "RMV-511 Utility => Connect" (9) The remaining steps, please refer to Chapter 4...
2400bps to 115200 bps. The number of data bits is fixed to 8, the parity and stop bits are fixed as no parity and 1 stop bit. The Modbus function codes supported in the RMV-511 are 1,2,4,5 and 15. The Modbus address distribution is as the following table, its Net ID is 1.
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04 ~ 05 AI count 2 Byte Response Net ID 1 Byte Function code 1 Byte Byte count of response (B=2*AI count) 1 Byte 03 ~ (B+2) AI value 3-(B+2) Byte Set Digital Output (Function code:5) Request Net ID 1 Byte Function code 1 Byte...
6.2 Modbus address table (1) DO status (Function Code:1,5,15) Address(Dec) Address(Hex) Description Attribute If function code = 1 Read DO0 00129 0x81 If function code = 5,15 Set DO0, 1:High, 0:Low If function code = 1 Read DO1 00130 0x82 If function code = 5,15 Set DO1, 1:High, 0:Low (2) DI status (Function Code:2)
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