Software; Plc St7538/40 Demokit Software Evaluation Tool; The User Interface; Figure 15. A Simple Schematic Of The Plc Application Environment - ST EVALCOMMBOARD Manual

Software

11 Software
Users can interact with application boards by means of specific control SW, developed to
give user-friendly Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs).
GUIs are specific for the different supported applications.
11.1

PLC ST7538/40 DEMOKIT software evaluation tool

The "ST7538/40 DEMOKIT Software Evaluation Tool" allows interfacing one or more ST
Power Line Modem Demo Boards with a Personal Computer. Supported Demo Boards are
those equipped with devices ST7538 and ST7540. The Software automatically recognizes
which type of device is connected to the PC and looks slightly different depending on the
connected device.

Figure 15. A simple schematic of the PLC application environment

With the "ST7538/40 Software Evaluation tool" it is possible to:
●
write/read ST7538 or ST7540 Control Register
●
open a Tx session
●
open a Rx session
● open a Ping session (two or more devices required)
11.1.1

The user interface

The Main Window of the "ST7538/40 DEMOKIT Software Evaluation Tool" Program has the
following appearance:
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MAINS
ST7538 or ST7540
DEMO BOARD
CTRL REGISTER PROGRAMMING
RX SESSION
PERSONAL
COMPUTER
PING SESSION
ST7538/40 DEMOKIT
Software Evaluation Tool
uC
RS-232
TX SESSION
UM0240