Serial Communication - Ametek Chandler Engineering 5265MGSA Operation Manual

Serial Communication

The Motor uses an Ethernet interface. When communicating with the instrument via serial,
the motherboard is a serial-to-ethernet bridge to the motor. In this configuration, the Network
Configuration of the motherboard and motor must be compatible. Refer to
Network Configuration
1. Configure a single Modbus I/O Connection (Tools > Configure > I/O connection) for
the instrument. For the purposes of this example, the I/O Connection is named
"5265MG".
Note: Use the Change... button to set the Bits per second (Baud Rate) to 19200.
Note: Set the Timeout to 500 msec (default is 1000 msec) and Retries to 3 (default).
2. Create a new instrument (Tools > Configure > Instruments > New). If your
instrument has a pressure transducer, select the "Model 5265MG Mechanical Gel
Strength Tester – Pressure"; Otherwise, select the "Model 5265MG Mechanical Gel
Strength Tester".
3. Enter the desired Name and Test file prefix and click Next.
4. Configure the instrument as shown below.
Figure 3 – Serial Instrument Configuration
SECTION 2 – SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION
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