Rs-232 communication test – Rockwell Automation 1398-DDM-xxx ULTRA 100 Series Drives Installation Manual User Manual

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Publication 1398-5.2 – PDF 1997

11-8

Maintenance and Troubleshooting

RS-232 Communication Test

This test verifies communications between an ULTRA 100 Series
drive and a personal computer by connecting the XMT pin to the RCV
pin. The jumper bypasses the potentially defective cable and remote
unit.

Test equipment requirements are:

A PC running ULTRA Master

The Terminal mode available in Microsoft

Windows

.

1. Close all ULTRA Master windows.

2. Select

C

ommunication

from ULTRA Master and verify your

communication settings.

3. Verify the communication cable pin out and check cable continu-

ity. Refer to “RS-232 Connection Diagrams” on page 6-34.

4. If the communication cable is OK, do the following:

A. Disconnect the communication cable from the drive (but leave

the cable connected to the PC).

B. Jumper pins 2 and 3 on the D connector of the communication

cable.

C. Close and exit from ULTRA Master.

D. Select the

Terminal

from the Program Manager (Terminal is

usually in the Accessories group).

E. Select

Settings

from the Main menu:

– Select

Terminal Emulation

from the drop down menu,

– Choose

DEC VT-100,

– Choose

OK

to close the dialog box.

F. Select

Settings

from the Main menu

– Select

C

ommunications

from the drop down menu

– Choose

COM1

(or the number of the communication port

the drive is connected to) from the Connections sliding list.
– Set Baud Rate to

9600

– Set Data Bits to

8

– Set Stop Bits to

1

– Set Parity to

NONE

– Set Flow Control to

XON/XOFF

– Choose

OK

to close the dialog box.

5. Type any character on the keyboard. The character should echo

back on the screen.

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