Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product RS-232 Teledyne
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1 RS-232 Multidrop Manual Addendum 02179 Rev. B Revised 17 January 2003.
2 TELEDYNE API RS232 MULTI-DROP ADAPTOR The Teledyne API RS232 Multi-drop A daptors #01427 (A-series) and #04528 (E-serie s) provides the user with a simple method of communicating via asynchronous RS232 wi th multiple Teledyne API instruments using a single host system (computer, modem, DAS or terminal).
3 Using a terminal program, issue the comm and “v rs232_mode=xx”, where xx is defined below: Model xx M100 35 M200 35 M100A 43 M200A 43 M300 43 M400 43 M700 43 The software uses the RTS signal from the SBC40 to c ontrol the multi-drop interface hardware.
4 RS-232 Cable Connections Commonly used DB9 / DB25 cable connections for EIA/TIA-232 and V.24 Asynchronous Interfaces. DB9 DB25 NAME SYMBOL FUNCTION 1 8 Data Carrier Detect DCD Handshake from DCE 2* .
5 Figure 1: Multi-drop adaptor Figure 2- A-series rear panel RS-232 connections.
6 Figure 3: Multi-drop netw ork. This setup w ill w o rk w ith a mix of all analyzer models.
7 Figure 4 : E-series rear panel with c onnections for multi-drop option.
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