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Banner Engineering Corp. •Minneapolis,U.S.A.
www.bannerengineering.com•Tel:763.544.3164
P/N64118rev.B
Control Module Configuration
Banner Engineering Corp. •Minneapolis,U.S.A.
www.bannerengineering.com•Tel:763.544.3164
Figure 5-1. Options menu, serial port
selection
Figure 5-2. MINI-ARRAY menu
Figure 5-3. Screen showing the result of a
completed Ping routine
5. Control Module Configuration
TheA-GAGEHigh-ResolutionMINI-ARRAYcontrolmoduleiseasilyconfiguredusinga
Windows
®
menu-styleroutine;theconfigurationroutinerequirestheBanner-supplied
HRMAsoftwareandaPC-compatiblecomputer(running Windows
®
XP, Vista, or 7)
AserialdataconnectionismadebetweenthecomputerandtheDB9connectoronthe
controlmodule.
5.1 Communications Setup
Afterinstallingthesoftware,attachtheserialcommunicationcablebetweenthecontrol
moduleandthePC.(NOTE:IfanRS-232interfaceisused,onlyonecontrolmoduleis
allowedonthelineatanyonetime.)Theminimumconnectionstothecontrolmodule’s
DB-9connectorareshowninFigure3-8.
LaunchtheHigh-ResolutionMINI-ARRAYprogramandconfiguretheserial
communicationsportofthePC.SelecttheOptionsmenufromtheHigh-Resolution
MINI-ARRAYmainmenu(seeFigure5-1).Theprogramsupportsserialcommunication
viatheCOM1-COM20.portofthecomputer.Highlightthedesired
serialporttoselectit(a“bullet”willappearnexttotheselectedoption),thenselect
Save Settings on Exittostoretheserialportselection,ifitisnotalreadyON(a
“bullet”willappearnexttotheoption,ifitisON).
Parityisselectedherealso:Even,OddorNone.
5.1.1 Ping Routine
ThePingroutinemustbeperformedduringSystemconfiguration,andbeforeany
Diagnostic,Alignment,orEditroutine.Theroutinepollsallcontrolmodulesonthe
communicationsline(one,inthecaseofthestandardRS-232line,orupto15
modules,onanRS-485circuit).Itthenisusedtoselectanindividualcontrolmodule
forconfigurationoralignment.
Ifneeded,applypowertotheSystemcontrolmoduleandallowtheSystemto
completeitspower-uproutine.PressF5oraccesstheMINI-ARRAYmenuandselect
PingtoperformthePingroutine.Allconnectedcontrolmoduleswillthenidentify
themselveswithanIDvalueandbaudrate;theroutinetakesapproximately15to20
seconds.AfterthePingisperformed,allvalidcontrolmoduleIDvalueswillappearina
chartonthescreen,undertheirappropriatebaudrates(seeFigure5-3).Control
modulesareidentifiedinthechartas‘X.’PointtoavalidIDwiththemousepointer
andclicktoselectacontrolmodule.SystemDiagnostics,Alignment,orEditroutines
maynowbeperformedfortheselectedcontrolmodule.