DMP Electronics SCS-1R manual Host Automation, Serial Ports

Operator’s Guide

Host Automation

The SCS-1R Host Automation programming section allows adjustments to optimize the SCS-1R performance with the host automation computer. The display shows the current setting for each prompt. Press any top row Select key to clear the display and enter the new information.

SCS-1R Menu Host automation

Host Automation

Press any top row Select key to program Host Automation settings. Press the COMMAND key to advance to the next programming section. Press the Back Arrow key to return to the previous section.

HOST NAME

Start Character :

NONE

crc error check? No yes

sequence number? No yes

Test Interval:

MINUTES: 1

acknowledge Timeout: 03

Line number

Length: 0

Retries to

Failure: 5

Host Name

Enter a Host Name up to 16 characters. When done, press Command to accept name and continue to START CHARACTER.

Start Character

Enter the character to be used at the start of a host message. Enter None or 01-31. Default is NONE.

CRC Error Check

Press the far right Select key for YES, which allows each message sent to the host to be prefixed with an SIA CIS CRC-16. The format is 4 hexadecimal characters. Default is NO.

Sequence Number

Press the far right Select key for YES, which sends each message sent to the host with a sequence number ranging from 1 to 99. Default is NO.

Test Interval

Press any top row Select key to clear the display and enter the new Test Interval. Enter the number of minutes, 1 through 60, between communication test messages (S99) of the SCS-1R Receiver and host computer. Default is 1 (one).

Acknowledge Timeout

Press any top row Select key to clear the display and enter the new Acknowledge Timeout. This is the time in seconds, 1 through 15, the SCS-1R waits for a host acknowledgment of a message before transmitting it again. Default is 3 (three).

Line Number Length

Press any top row Select key to clear the display and enter the new Line Number Length. Enter the number of decimal ASCII characters, 0 (zero) through 2, used to report the SCS-1R Receiver signal line number. Default is 0 (zero).

Retries to Failure

Press any top row Select key to clear the display. Enter the number of attempts, between 1 and 15, the SCS-1R makes to transmit a message to the host computer. When this number is reached, the SCS-1R begins manual acknowledgement operation. Default is 5 (five).

Serial Ports

The SCS-1R Serial Ports section allows you to make adjustments to the Host Output, Activity Log, and Print Operation Serial Port.

SCS-1R Menu

SERIAL PORTS

HOST OUTPUT BAUD RATE: 9600

ACTIVITY LOG BAUD RATE: 1200

PRINT OPERATION:

ALWAYS

PRINT OPERATION ALWYS NEVER FAIL

Serial Ports

Press any top row Select key to program the Serial Port settings. Press the COMMAND key to advance to the next programming section. Press the Back Arrow key to return to the previous section.

Host Output Baud Rate

Press any top row Select key to change the Host Output Baud Rate. Enter 300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, or 19200. Press the Command button to accept. Default is 9600.

Activity Log Baud Rate

Press any top row Select key to change the Activity Log Baud Rate. Enter 300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, or 19200. Press the Command button to accept. Default is 1200.

Print Operation

Press any top row Select key to change the Print Operation. Select ALWAYS to enable the Activity Log output for all system events. Select NEVER to disable the Activity Log. Select FAIL to enable only when Host Automation has failed and is not acknowledging messages from the receiver.

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