B&B Electronics Five Port Expandable Smart Switch manual 232XS5 Expander Mode Commands

You could then send SWB$ to select port B of Expansion switch unit address “C”. Similar strings could be used for turning on the other ports. To turn off the ports the string might look like this:

TOFF$ = CHR$(27) + CHR$(2) + CHR$(4)

When you are done with a port you can either select a new one directly or turn off the selected port and then turn on the next one. For information on preventing command codes from being received by slave devices, refer to the Enhanced Mode section.

Table 9 - 232XS5 Expander Mode Commands

	Command Characters
Function	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Comments
Select Port A	ESC	X*	“A”	“A”	Address A
Select Port B	ESC	X*	“A”	“B”	Address A
Select Port C	ESC	X*	“A”	“C”***	Address A
Select Port D	ESC	X*	“A”	“D”	Address A
Select Port E	ESC	X*	“A”	“E”	Address A
Select Port A	ESC	X*	“B”	“A”	Address B
Select Port B	ESC	X*	“B”	“B”	Address B
Select Port D	ESC	X*	“B”	“D”	Address B
Select Port E	ESC	X*	“B”	“E”	Address B
Select Port A	ESC	X*	“C”	“A”	Address C
Select Port B	ESC	X*	“C”	“B”	Address C
Select Port D	ESC	X*	“C”	“D”	Address C
Select Port E	ESC	X*	“C”	“E”	Address C
Select Port A	ESC	X*	“D”	“A”	Address D
Select Port B	ESC	X*	“D”	“B”	Address D
Select Port D	ESC	X*	“D”	“D”	Address D
Select Port E	ESC	X*	“D”	“E”	Address D
Deselect Port	ESC	X*	EOT	NU**	Switching Command
Set Timer Value	ESC	X*	“T”	“0”-”9”	Enhanced Mode
Set Timer Mode	ESC	X*	“M”	“0”,”1”	Enhanced Mode

*X represents the programmable character set by dipswitch SW2

**NU = Not Used

***Port C is used as the expansion port for unit addresses B thru D.

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