Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product AXB-EM232 AMX
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instruction manual Axcess Centr al Controllers AXB-EM232 Enhanced Master RS-232 Controller.
AMX Limited W arranty and Disc laimer AMX Corporation warrants its products to be free of defects in material and workmanship under normal use for three (3) years from the date of purchase from AMX Co.
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Product Information 1 AXB-EM232 Enhanced Master RS-232 Controller Pr oduct Inf ormation Pr oduct Information The AXB-EM232 Enhanced Master RS-232 Cont roller (FIG. 1) is an AXlink bus device that functions like an AMX Master Card in a single com p act enclosure.
Product Information 2 AXB-EM232 Enhanced Master RS-232 Controller Specifications The follo wing table lists the sp ecif ications for the AXB-EM232. AXB-EM232 Pro duct Specifications P ower 12 VDC, 160.
Product Information 3 AXB-EM232 Enhanced Master RS-232 Controller Installation Setting the internal jumpers Some RS-232 devices require that the b us be te rminated at 100 ohms. Follow these steps if your device requires this termination. 1. Discharge the static el ectricity from your body .
Product Information 4 AXB-EM232 Enhanced Master RS-232 Controller Refer to the following table when setting the DIP switches. Wiring De vices to the AXB-EM232 The AXB-EM232 has captiv e-wire connectors on the rear panel (FIG. 1) for AXlink, RS-232, RS- 232, RS-422, and 12 VDC power .
Product Information 5 AXB-EM232 Enhanced Master RS-232 Controller Using P o rts 1 and 2 for RS-232 data comm unication 1. Connect the RS-232 wiring to Port 1, as sho wn in FIG.
Product Information 6 AXB-EM232 Enhanced Master RS-232 Controller Using P or t 1 for RS-422 co mmunicati on W ire the AXB-EM232 for communi cating via RS-422 by connecting the RS-422 wiring to Port 1, as sho wn in FIG. 7. RS-422 com munication is av ailable only throu gh Port 1.
Product Information 7 AXB-EM232 Enhanced Master RS-232 Controller RS-232 male pr ogram connector Use either an AMX RS-232 cable (FG 10-726 ) for a DB-25 connector or AMX Programming cable (FG10-727) for a DB-9 port to connect your PC to the AXB-EM232 and download the Axcess program.
Product Information 8 AXB-EM232 Enhanced Master RS-232 Controller 5. Carefully slide one battery out of its socket, and insert the new battery . 6. Plug the 2-pin power connector in to reapply po wer . W ait one m inute; then, remove the po wer connector again.
Programming 9 AXB-EM232 Enhanced Master RS-232 Controller Pr ogramming Use the NetLinx Studio software program to create and edit an Axcess Control program for the AXB-EM232: ! The AXB-EM232 occupies address 0. ! Port 1 is AXlink Device 1, and Po rt 2 is AXlink Device 2.
Programming 10 AXB-EM232 Enhanced Master RS-232 Controller Send_Strings This device also has s ome special Send_String escape sequences. If any of the three-character combinations in the foll o wing t able are found anywhere within a Send_String program instruction, they will be treated as a comm and and not the literal characters.
Programming 11 AXB-EM232 Enhanced Master RS-232 Controller.
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