Rockwell Automation 999 IMC S Class Compact Motion Controller (Cat. No. 4100-999-122) User Manual
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Installation and Hookup
Publication 999-122 - January 1997
Configure the Serial Ports
Serial port A may be independently configured for RS-232 or RS-422 
operation and serial port B may be independently configured for 
RS-232C, RS-422, or DH-485 operation via switch SW1 on the motion 
controller module inside the IMC-S/23x. If RS-422 or DH-485 is 
selected, the port may also be configured to use or not use a termination 
resistor. 
The serial port configuration switch layout is shown below. In 
IMC-S/23x-RL models, the switches are between the AxisLink and 
RIO boards (on the main board). 
The leftmost switch selects RS-232 (down) or RS-422 (up) 
communications for serial port A. If RS-422 communications are 
selected, the next switch to the right determines whether the port is 
terminated (up) or not (down) with a 220 W resistor. If RS-232 
communications are selected, the port should not be terminated (second 
switch down). The next pair of switches provide the same selections 
for serial port B. The rightmost pair of switches determines whether 
port B is used for RS-232/RS-422 communication (down) or DH-485 
communication (up) and whether the DH-485 port is terminated (up) 
or not (down) with a 220 W resistor. As shipped from the factory, both 
ports are configured for RS-232C operation, as shown in the figure 
above.