Westermo RM-115S User Manual

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115S Serial I/O Module

User Manual

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Appendix C. Comms Recovery

If the communications setting of the 115S has been forgotten or mistakenly set, there is a
way of recovering serial communications with the 115S. 115S firmware versions 1.04
and earlier require ModScan to do this. With later firmware versions, this can be done
using the configuration software, cfg_115S_Vx.xx.exe.

Procedure for recovering communications with recent firmware (V1.05 and later):
1. Set the Modbus address switches to 00. This fixes the communications setting to

Modbus RTU, 9600 baud, no parity, and one stop bit.

2. Connect a standard (straight-through) RS232 cable to the module and the PC.
3. Start the configuration software, cfg_115S_Vx.xx.exe.
4. Set the slave address to 100.
5. Ensure the comms settings are 9600 baud, no parity, one stop bit.
6. Click Connect to 115S
7. The module should connect successfully.
8. Choose the Comms page and change the settings to the desired parameters.
9. If the module did not connect successfully, try the steps listed below for using

ModScan.



Procedure for recovering communications with firmware V1.04 and earlier:
1. Set the Modbus address switches to 00. This fixes the communications setting to

those specified in step 6.

2. Connect the RS232 port to the PC and start ModScan.
3. Supply power to the 115S.
4. In ModScan, set the following

- Address: 0201
- Length: 3
- Device ID: 100
- Modbus Point Type: Holding register

5. Click Connection / Connect.
6. Choose the appropriate COM port. Also choose

- Baud rate: 9600
- Word length: 8
- Parity: none
- Stop bits: 1

7. Click Protocol Selection. Choose STANDARD ASCII for Transmission mode. Click

OK, OK.



8. ModScan should connect to the module with no errors.
9. The registers displayed in ModScan represent the serial port settings that are used

when the address switches are set to other than 00, as follows:

Address

Description

40201

Serial port transmission mode

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