Rockwell Automation 9303 DRIVE TOOLS32 GETTING STARTED - Manual (Page 34)

2-6 Setting Up an RS-232 Point-to-Point Serial Communications System for a SCANport Product
Publication 9303-5.13 – March 1998
Setting the
Communication
Information You need to provide DriveTools32 with some information that it needs to
establish a connection between your PC and your drive. To do this, you need to:
1. Start the DriveManager32 application.
2. From the Options menu, select Communication Setup. The
Communication Setup dialog box appears.
3. In the Communications section, select Serial.
4. In Communications Type field, select RS-232/RS-485 SCANport Point-
to-Point.
5. In the Enter mapping KT Port # field, enter the value of the KT:0 port
used for DF1 communication in the Configure Client Applications dialog
box.
6. In the Enter Serial Port Com # field, enter the number of the PC serial
communications port that is being used. Valid port numbers are 1, 2, 3,
and 4.
Important: You must use the same serial port number for which RSLinx is
configured. To view the serial port settings on your PC, use the Ports function in
the Windows Control Panel application.