Network Router User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Before You Begin
- Installation and Setup
- 2.1 Overview
- 2.2 Installation and setup
- 2.2.1 Ensure required privileges
- 2.2.2 Install the ProLink II software
- 2.2.3 Generate the temporary license
- 2.2.4 Determine your connection type
- 2.2.5 Install the signal converter and connect the wires
- 2.2.6 Configure ProLink II connection parameters and connect to the transmitter
- 2.2.7 Obtain and configure a site key
- 2.3 Troubleshooting the ProLink II installation
- 2.4 Troubleshooting the ProLink II connection
- Using ProLink II Software
- Initial Transmitter Startup Procedures
- Transmitter Configuration, Characterization, and Calibration
- Meter Verification
- Data Logger
- Transmitter Terminal Reference
- Configuring the Discrete Batch Application
- Index
Installation and Use Manual 21
Installation and Setup
ProLink II Setup Transmitter StartupUsing ProLink IIBefore You Begin
3. For long-distance communication, or if noise from an external source interferes with the
signal, install 120-Ω, 1/2-watt resistors (R1) across terminals of both end devices.
Note: The Modbus protocol allows only one Modbus master to be active on the network at any given
time. If you are connecting through a network, ensure that no other Modbus master devices are
currently active.
Figure 2-7 Modbus/RS-485 connection to RS-485 multidrop network
Table 2-10 Lead-to-terminal assignments – Method 6
Transmitter
Terminals
RS-485/A RS-485/B
Model 1500/2500 33 34
Model 1700/2700 AN 5 6
Series 3000 panel-mount with screw-type connectors a32 c32
Series 3000 panel-mount with I/O cables 25 24
Series 3000 rack-mount a32 c32
Series 3000 field-mount 12 11
RFT9712 21 22
RFT9739 field-mount 27 26
RFT9739 rack-mount Z22 D22
DCS or
PLC
R1
See Step 3
BLACK
BOX
25-pin to 9-pin serial port adapter
(if necessary) (not shown)
RS-485 terminals
See Step 2
Tra n sm itt er