Under no circumstances shall Westermo be responsible for any loss of data or income or any special, incidental, and consequential or indirect damages howsoever caused.
Safety and Regulations Warning signs are provided to prevent personal injury and/or damages to the product. The following levels are used: Level of warning Description Consequence Consequence personal injury material damage Indicates a potentially Possible death or Major damage to the hazardous situation major injury product...
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Before installation: Read this manual completely and gather all information on the product. Make sure that you understand it fully. Check that your application does not exceed the safe operating specifications for this product. WARNING - SAFETY DURING INSTALLATION The product must be installed by qualified service personnel and built in to an apparatus cabinet or similar, where access is restricted to service personnel only.
If the product is used in a manner not according to specification, the protection provided by the equipment may be impaired. If the product is not working properly, contact the place of purchase, nearest Westermo distributor office or Westermo technical support.
Functional description The MDW-45 is an RS-422/485 to RS-232 converter. This device can be used in multid- rop and point to point applications to connect devices like PCs, PLCs, drives and other automation equipment. In 2-wire half duplex applications (RS-485) the MDW-45 can automatically control the state of the data bus based just on the data it receives.
Interface specifications Power MDW-45 LV MDW-45 HV Rated voltage 12 to 48 VDC 95 to 240 VAC 110 to 250 VDC Operating voltage 9.6 to 57.6 VDC 85.5 to 264 VAC 88 to 300 VDC Rated current 95 mA @ 12 VDC...
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Locations of Interface ports, LED`s and DIP-switches S1 DIP-switch under lid (for details see page 10) RS-422/485 interface screw terminal LED indicators (for details see page 8) 4-position Direction* Description No. 1 R+ (A') line RS-422 No. 2 R– (B') line RS-422 No.
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LED Indicators Status Description In service Out of service Transmitted Data: Displays data received from the local RS-232 port No data Received Data: Displays data leaving the modem on the RS-232 port No data Status of RTS from the RS-232 interface No RTS Status of CTS from the RS-232 interface No CTS...
DIP-switch settings Before DIP-switch settings: Prevent damage to internal electronics from electrostatic discharges (ESD) by discharging your body to a grounding point (e.g. use of wrist strap). Selection of data rate Selection of data format 1200 bit/s 9 bit format* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 2400 bit/s...
S2 Below panel, RS-422/485 termination No termination and fail-safe 1 2 3 4 Termination with fail-safe (2-wire) 1 2 3 4 Termination with fail-safe (4-wire) 1 2 3 4 Note! DIP-switch alterations are only effective after a power on. Factory settings Data rate –...
(see diagrams). Star shaped networks should never be created; there are other Westermo products that can be used to create star net applications. To install a system according to the RS-422/485 specification it is very important that the line is terminated at the correct points.
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