Edwards interface kits: D372-15-805 USB Pump RS232 Interface Kit • o to connect a PC’s USB port to an Edwards pump’s RS232 port D372-15-810 SLTA-10 Pump LON Interface Kit • o to connect a user-provided SLTA-10 to an Edwards pump’s LON port Read this manual before you install and operate either of those kits.
1.2.1 D372-15-805 USB Pump RS232 Interface Kit The main component of this kit is D49951139, and Edwards cable assembly with a PC USB TYPE A plug at one end and a pump RS232 5-way XLR plug at the other end.
D372-15-860 Issue Draft 1 The primary purpose for this kit is to allow an Edwards pump with an RS232 interface to be supported using various Edwards PC software tools such as EST (Edwards Support Toolkit), FEUU (Flash EPROM Upgrade Utility) and others. So, the final component of this kit is D37215870, an Edwards CD-ROM containing FTDI USB drivers for the Windows operating- system, along with this instruction manual.
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D372-15-860 Issue Draft 1 There are several variants of the SLTA-10. The one required for use with Edwards pumps is “SLTA-10/TP-78 Serial LonTalk Adapter” and the Echelon part number is “73352R”. It is very important to purchase that specific variant, which is the only one that has the “TP-78”...
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Remove these locking screws The sole purpose for this kit is to allow an Edwards pump with a LON interface to be supported via an SLTA-10 using various Edwards PC software tools such as EST, FEUU and others. So, the final component of this kit is D37215870, an Edwards CD-ROM containing Echelon LON drivers and associated utilities for the Windows operating-system, along with this instruction manual.
D372-15-860 Issue Draft 1 1.2.3 Interface Kit Summary If you need to run Edwards PC software tools to support a Gen 1 pump (iQ or Mk1 iH) then you must connect the PC to the pump via its LON interface. The currently preferred...
D372-15-860 Issue Draft 1 The active part of the D372-15-805 USB Pump RS232 Interface Kit is a USB adapter cable assembly manufactured by FTDI: their part number is USB-RS232-WE-1800-BT Edwards adds the 5W XLR connector to that FTDI product, which is already CE marked and meets European and FCC EMC standards.
1.8m length 2.2.4 Certifications RoHS NOTE: The Edwards SLTA-10 Pump LON Interface Kit contains no active parts. This kit needs to be used in conjunction with a user-supplied USB RS232 adapter, such as those recommended from FTDI, and an Echelon SLTA-10 RS232 LON adapter.
The CD-ROM contains the latest (as of Dec 2011) FTDI driver software for the Windows XP and Windows 7 operating-systems, 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64) versions. Edwards PCs generally have Windows XP 32-bit (x86) installed but from January 2012 new Edwards PCs will come with Windows 7 64-bit (x64) installed.
Plug the XLR end of the D49951139 USB 5W XLR, PC to Pump RS232 cable into an Edwards pump with a compatible 5W XLR RS232 / PDT socket. Make use of the kit’s D37370726 adapter if the Edwards pump has a compatible RJ12 RS232 / PDT socket.
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Use the D49951141 2xWeidmuller 4W XLR, SLTA-10 to Pump Lon cable assembly to connect the SLTA-10 directly into an Edwards pump with a compatible 4W XLR LON socket. Apply power to the pump and confirm that the SLTA-10 is powered on, as indicated by its green LED, next to the black Weidmuller connector, being illuminated.
Once the USB Pump RS232 Interface Kit and/or SLTA-10 Pump LON Interface Kit have been installed, as described in Section 3, they are intended to be operated with Edwards PC software support tools. Users should familiarise themselves with the specific instructions associated with the relevant software tool.
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PLF over serial Select then click Select the relevant COM port number (the one that Windows has assigned to the Edwards Serial port to use Maximum RS232 adapter) from the drop-down box and set the baud rate to use to 57600.
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Options change the Latency Timer (msec) remains set to 2. Then click OK to close Advanced… and click OK again to close Port Settings. 4.2 Using SLTA-10 Pump LON Interface Kit with Edwards PC tools 4.2.1 CDU CDU does not support a LON interface to the pump. CDU can only be used with an RS232 interface to the pump.
When required for use, install the interface kits as described in Section 3. 6.2 Disposal Edwards interface kits or any of their components must be disposed of safely in accordance with all local and national safety and environmental requirements.
Short for LonWorks, an Echelon brand name for their industrial network standard, which was adopted by Edwards for use in the iQ (Gen 1), iH (Gen 2) and iGX (Gen 3) families of pumps. It was dropped for iXH / iXL (Gen 4) pumps.
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XLR has become a de facto standard for a family of connectors widely used in the audio industry due to their robust metal housings and latching mechanism. Edwards pumps tend to have a 4-way XLR socket for LON and/or a 5-way XLR socket for RS232 / PDT.
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