Setting the communication information, Setting the communication information -3 – Rockwell Automation 9303 DRIVE TOOLS32 GETTING STARTED User Manual

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Setting up an RS-232 Point-to-Point Serial Communications System for a 1395 Drive

3-3

Publication 9303-5.13 – March 1998

Setting the
Communication
Information

To provide DriveTools32 with some information that it needs to establish a
connection between your PC and your drive, you need to:

1.

Start DriveManager32.

2.

From the Options menu, select Communication Setup. The
Communication Setup dialog box appears.

3.

In the Communications section, select Serial.

4.

In the Communications Type section, select 1395 RS-232.

5.

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 that your PC is set to. To
view the serial port settings on your PC, use the Ports function in the Windows
Control Panel application.

6.

In the Enter Comm Port Baud Rate field, enter the baud rate that your
communications port uses. You can choose either 2400 or 4800 baud.

7.

In the DTR Pulse Delay (0 to calculate automatically) field, enter 0.

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