RMS Technologies IMDE23 INTEGRATED MOTOR+DRIVER+ENCODER - Manual (Page 8)

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R164 Controller Manual 09/15/2005
7. CONFIGURING AND CONTROLLING THE R164
HyperTerminal Setup
Please follow these steps in order to properly set up HyperTerminal:
1. Open a terminal from your PC by following these steps: Start Menu Æ
Programs Æ Accessories Æ Communications Æ HyperTerminal
2. Assign a name for your New Connection
3. Under ‘Connect using’, select the COM connection that corresponds to your PC
serial port (i.e. COM 1, COM 2, etc.) then click ‘OK’
4. Set your Port Settings to default (i.e. 9600 baud, 8 data, no parity, 1 stop bit,
no flow control)
5. Turn on local echo by going to: File Æ Properties Æ Settings tab Æ ASCII
Setup: Click on the box for “Echo Typed Characters Locally” and click on the
box for “Send Line ends with line feeds”. These options will be useful when
typing commands in HyperTerminal. Click ‘OK’
6. Now you can type your commands
7. Example: /1A10000R
• This will run Driver 1 to the Absolute position 10000
• You can check the address of your driver by checking the dial at the
top of the driver. (Changing the address of the Controller, page 10)
• A full list of commands is available in the R164 Command List. Visit
www.rmsmotion.com Æ Download Æ R164.
HyperTerminal Responses:
/0@ indicates good command and that it was received correctly
/0b indicates bad command
/0C indicates that the command is out of range
/0' indicates that the command is terminated
/0O Overflow
Setting the Current
CAUTION! DO NOT SET THE CURRENT ABOVE THE MOTOR’S RATED
CURRENT.
In order to set the correct current for your motor, you must program the specified
amount in HyperTerminal
Current is set based on the Maximum amount of current the controller board can
output, which is 1.5 Amps Peak. Below is a table of how much current will be
applied to your motor for each setting.