Serial Communication Test Set-Up; Equipment; Pc Set-Up; Power Supply Set-Up - TDK-Lambda GEN 8-400 ABCDE User Manual

7.12. Serial Communication Test Set-Up

Use the following instructions as basic set-up to test the serial communication operation.

7.12.1. Equipment

PC with Windows Hyper Terminal, software installed, Genesys
cable.

7.12.2. PC Set-Up

A. Open Hyper Terminal.........................
B. Enter a name
C. Connect to.......................................
D. Configure port properties:
Bits per second......9600
Data bits...............8
Parity...................None
Stop bits...............1
Flow control..........None
E. Open Properties in the program File......................Properties
F. Setting:

7.12.3. Power Supply Set-Up

A. Connect the power supply to the PC using the RS232 cable.
B. Set via the front panel: Baud Rate: 9600, Address: 06 (default).
C. Set via the rear panel: RS232/RS485 to RS232 (refer to Section 4.4).

7.12.4. Communication Test:

A. Select a power supply at address 6:
PC:write:
Power supply response: OK
B. Command test:
PC write:
Power supply response: OK
PC write:
Power supply response: OK
PC write:
Power supply response: OK
The power supply should turn on and the display will indicate the actual Output Voltage
and the actual Output Current.
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.
ADR 6
OUT 1
PV 5.0
PC 1.0
87
83503001 Rev G
TM
Power supply, RS232
New Connection.
Direct to Com 1 or Com 2