KEYENCE BL-700 Series - Manual (Page 89)

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Chapter 4 Installing the Setup Software
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Reading the current settings of the BL-700
To read the current settings of the BL-700, perform the following procedure. (This
procedure is almost the same as the procedure for sending settings.)
1. Press the BL-700 TEST switch for 8 seconds. When the 1st, 3rd and 5th STA-
BILITY LEDs from the top flash simultaneously, the communication protocol is
temporarily set as indicated below (this status is called “setting data send/
receive waiting status”).
• Baud rate: 9600 bits/s
• Data length: 7 bits
• Parity: Even
• Stop bit length: 1 bit
• PLC link: Disabled
• Multi-drop link: Disabled
If you know the current communication parameter settings of the BL-700, step 1. is not
necessary. You can send data to the BL-700 by setting the communication parameters of
the host computer using [COM PORT] so that they conform to the current settings of
the BL-700. However, if PLC link is enabled, you cannot send data to the BL-700 without
performing step 1., because the handshaking protocol is set for PLC link only.
2. Click on [COM PORT] to set the communication parameters of the host com-
puter according to the values listed in step 1. Select an RS-232C port and click
on [OK].
3. Click on [Send settings (Save in BL EEP-ROM)].
When you click on [Read BL settings], the settings of the BL-700 can be read
on the host computer.
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