User`s guide

HopNet RS-232 Serial ModBus Radio

Getting Started

A pair of HopNet radios are set up by performing the following steps:

• Install the HopNet Wizard configuration program on a PC

• Connect the HopNet radio to the PC

• Set one HopNet radio as a base radio

• Run a communications test

These steps are described in detail below. Other steps you may want to perform

include:

• Change the baud rate

• Change the radio network number

• Change how fast the radios change frequencies

Refer to the Configuring the Network section of this manual for details on these steps.

Install the HopNet Configuration Wizard on a PC.

The HopNet Configuration Wizard is located on the software and documentation CD

included in the HopNet radio package. Install the program by inserting the CD in the

PC and following the installation wizard. If autorun has been turned off, double-click

on setup.exe on the CD to start the wizard.

Connect the HopNet radio to the PC.

Plug one end of the serial cable provided to a serial port on the PC.