B&B Electronics 5000 Series LED Status of the ADAM-5090 Module, Configure Your ADAM-5090 Module

Serial Communication Module

LED Status of the ADAM-5090 Module

There are two LEDs for each port on the front panel of the ADAM-5090 to display specific communication status:

a.Green LED (RX): Data Receiving Status; the LED indicator is on when the port is receiving data.

b.Orange LED (TX): Data Transmitting Status; the LED indicator is on when the port is transmitting data.

Configure Your ADAM-5090 Module

This section explains how to configure an ADAM-5090 module before implementing it into your application.

Quick Start

Step 1: Get your host PC ready, and run the ADAM-5510 Utility Software.

Step 2: Install the ADAM-5090 Module and power on your ADAM- 5510 main unit.

Step 3: Download the executable program to the main unit

Step 4: Monitor the ADAM-5090 Module’s current status from the PC through the utility software.

A basic example program for the ADAM-5090

main ()

{

//Install the port you would like to use. Here we install slot 0, port 1.

port_install(1);

//Here we install slot 2, port 2. port_install(22);

//Select working port. Here we select slot 0, port 1. port_select(1);

//Set port data format.

//Here we set the data format of port 1 as lengh:8; parity:0;stop_bit:1. (N81)

port_set_format(1,8,0,1);

//Set port speed. Here we set communication speed of port 1 as 115200 bps.

//(L is necessary)

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