Red Lion LEGEND User Manual

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SERIAL CONNECTIONS

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CONNECTING TO A HOST TERMINAL

Six Legend Plus units are used to monitor and control

parts packaging machines in a plant. The Legend Plus units
are located at each machine in the production area of the
building. A communication line is run to an Industrial
computer located in the production office. The drawing
s h o w s t h e l i n e c o n n e c t i o n .

E a c h L e g e n d P l u s i s

p r o g r a mme d f o r a d i f f e r e n t a d d r e s s a n d a r e a l l
programmed for the same baud rate and parity as the
computer (ex. 9600 baud, parity even). An application
program is written to send and receive data from the units
using the proper commands.

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