RS-232 Communications Protocol & Command Set

Communications Protocol

Connector Pin-out:

Pin 2, Transmit. The MB1000 transmits data on this pin. Pin 3, Receive. The MB1000 receives data on this pin. Pin 5, SG (signal ground).

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RS232 Pin-out

 

1

 

 

6

Pin 2 -Transmit

Pin 2 -Transmit

6

2

2

7

Pin 3 - Receive

Pin 3 - Receive

7

3

3

8

 

 

8

4

 

 

4

9

Pin 5 - Signal Ground

 

9

5

 

5

Baud Rate:

2400bps

Start Bits:

1

Data Bits:

8

Stop Bits:

1

Parity:

None

Flow Control:

None

Controller Commands

Commands and responses are in the form of ASCII character strings terminated with a carriage return <CR> ASCII character 13 (hex).

If the state variable LINEFEED MODE = ON, a linefeed charac- ter (<LF>, 0Ah, 10d) will follow the carriage return.

Incoming messages (to the MB1000) shall be terminated with one of the following characters: NUL (00h, 00d),

carriage return (<CR>, 0Dh, 13d) or line feed (<LF>, 0Ah, 10d).

The following are commands sent by the controlling equipment to the MB1000.

Note: Responses are only transmitted if unsolicited feedback is enabled (!SET_FEEDBACK)

ALL ON

Turns on all outlets. Turn on is immediate with no delay.

Send to UPS:

!ALL_ON<CR>

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If power is not switched off due to low battery conditions:

Action:

Turn on Outlet Bank 1

Response from UPS:

$BANK 1 = ON<CR>

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If UPS battery level > Shutoff Threshold

Action:

Turn on Outlet Bank 2

Response from UPS:

$BANK 2 = ON<CR>

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If UPS battery level < Shutoff Threshold

Action:

Turn off Outlet Bank 2

Response from UPS:

$BANK 2 = OFF<CR>

 

$BATTERY = charge%<CR>

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Action:

Activate Power Button

Response from UPS:

$BUTTON = ON<CR>

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The MB1000 shall discard the incoming message under the fol- lowing conditions:

The message overruns the receiver buffer (32 characters).

No terminating character (NUL, <CR>, <LF>) is received within 500ms of receipt of the last character.

ALL OFF

Turns off all outlets.

Send to UPS:

Action:

Response from UPS: Response from UPS: Response from UPS:

Turn off is immediate with no delay.

!ALL_OFF<CR>

All outlets will turn off

$BANK 1 = OFF<CR> $BANK 2 = OFF<CR> $BUTTON = OFF<CR>

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Panamax MB1000 manual Communications Protocol, Controller Commands, ALL on, All Off

MB1000 specifications

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