Rockwell Automation 5370 Color CVIM Communications Manual - Manual (Page 72)

Chapter 5
Using the RS–232 Ports
5–4
Figure 5.2
RS–232 Cabling.
DB25 Female (IBM PC/XT, VT–220, etc.)
View from the back of the connector DB9 Male (I/O Intervace Box)
View from the back
DB9 Male (I/O Interface Box)
View from the back DB9 Female (IBM PC/AT)
View from the back
Note: Connections for Catalog No. 2801–N27 I/O Interface Box RS–232 Port A with Color CVIM Series A
Module is shown in this illustration. Refer to Chapter 3 (Tables 3.B, 3.C, 3.D, and 3.E) for other RS–232
Connections.
Any Color CVIM communications port can be used to read inspection result
information. (Refer to Appendices B and C for more information.) In
addition, any device selected as a system (SYS) host can:
•
Change run–time display menus.
•
Enable/Disable local I/O board.
•
Force local I/O On or Off
A host device selected as a configuration host can also:
•
Upload or download Color CVIM module configurations for inspections.
Refer to Appendix D.
•
Issue Configuration Read/Write commands between the following Color
CVIM module memory locations:
Color CVIM module Random Access Memory (RAM) and Color CVIM
module Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
(EEPROM). RAM is volatile and EEPROM is non–volatile.
Equipment Connections
(cont’d)
What Functions can be
performed over the RS–232
Interfaces?