TCIC User’s Manual
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One Card System
When a system includes only one card, neither configuration nor
selection is required, as the card is factory defaulted to address ‘a’.
Indeed, if a card has been configured to some non-‘a’ address and
later it is required as a single card, you may re-configure it to
address ‘a’, eliminating the need for the selection function in your
application. This is the only case that a card is configured to
address ‘a’.
Configuring a Card Address
Configuring a card address is carried out by the TCIC-Monitor
utility:
• Connect the card to be configured to the USB port.
• In the TCIC-Monitor utility click Setup/Card Address and
choose the required address. Be sure to choose a free
and non-‘a’ address; that is, an address that no other
card is configured to, but not ‘a’.
• Exit the TCIC-Monitor utility.
The card is now ready to be wired into an RS485 network.
When it is powered on, it will not be selected until a
selection command with the correct address is sent by the
application.
It is the
user’s responsibility
to make sure that each
card is configured to a unique, non-‘a’, address.