Configuration

6.17Communication Configuration

Overview

The communication menu allows you to configure the Communications Card. There are four selections:

IR Front Panel – configure the IR Front Panel interface

Modbus – configure the byte order

RS485 – configure the RS485 interface of the Communications Card.

Ethernet – configure the Ethernet interface of the Communication card.

Accessing Communication Menu

Press Setup to display the Main menu.

Use the keys to select “Communication” then press Enter to enter the sub- menu.

Press

to highlight the desired menu selection then press Enter to display the

 

group of parameters.

 

Refer to “Section 6.4.1 – “General Rules for Editing”.

 

 

 

Table 6-19 Communication Configuration

 

 

 

 

 

Sub-menu

 

Parameter

Selection or Range

Parameter Definition

selection

 

 

 

of Setting

 

IR Front

 

Port Reset

Off (default)

When enabled, Port Reset initializes the IR

Panel

 

 

 

Enable

Interface.

 

 

Mode

 

Enable(default)

Enable - allows IR to work anytime. No IR

 

 

 

 

Setup

address required and on any front-panel screen.

 

 

 

 

Address

Setup – IR only works when the front-panel is in

 

 

 

 

Disable

a setup screen. This will allow the IR interface

 

 

 

 

 

to be password protected if a password is

 

 

 

 

 

configured. No IR address required.

 

 

 

 

 

Address -- The UDA’s IR address must be used

 

 

 

 

 

to communicate to the UDA.

 

 

 

 

 

Disable – The UDA will not respond to any

 

 

 

 

 

request on the IR interface.

 

 

 

 

 

Modbus

 

Word Swap

Yes (default)

Word Swap lets you set the word order for

 

 

 

 

No

Modbus communications.

 

 

 

 

 

YES – sets the order to “Big Endian” format

 

 

 

 

 

NO – sets the order to “Little Endian” format

 

 

 

 

 

RS485

 

Port Reset

Off (default)

Enable selection resets the Communication card.

 

 

 

 

Enable

It should be enabled when the Address or Baud

 

 

 

 

 

Rate or both are changed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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UDA2182 Universal Dual Analyzer Product Manual

January 2009

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Honeywell UDA2182 manual 17Communication Configuration, Accessing Communication Menu