Owner manual

©Sealevel Systems, Inc.
SL9049 - 11/2010
SeaI/O Manual
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BEFORE YOU GET STARTED ......................................................................................................................... 4
WHAT‟S INCLUDED ........................................................................................................................................ 4
ADVISORY CONVENTIONS ............................................................................................................................... 4
INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................... 5
INDUSTRY SEGMENTS ..................................................................................................................................... 5
FEATURES ..................................................................................................................................................... 6
SEAI/O PRODUCTS IN THIS MANUAL ............................................................................................................... 7
OPTIONAL ITEMS ........................................................................................................................................... 9
MAXIMIZING PERFORMANCE ......................................................................................................................... 11
SEAI/O HARDWARE DESCRIPTION ........................................................................................................... 12
SEAI/O BASE AND EXPANSION MODULES ....................................................................................................... 12
SEAI/O MODULE COMMON FEATURES .......................................................................................................... 13
SEAI/O CONFIGURATIONS & SPECIFICATIONS ................................................................................................. 14
POWER OPTIONS ....................................................................................................................................... 34
BASE MODULE POWER CONNECTION ............................................................................................................. 34
SEAI/O EXPANSION POWER CONNECTION ...................................................................................................... 34
SEAI/O MAX POWER REQUIREMENTS............................................................................................................. 34
TTL POWER REQUIREMENTS......................................................................................................................... 35
SAMPLE POWER CALCULATION ..................................................................................................................... 35
SEAMAX APPLICATION SUITE ................................................................................................................... 36
SEAMAX OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................................... 36
COMMUNICATING VIA MODBUS .................................................................................................................... 36
SEAMAX SOFTWARE INSTALLATION .............................................................................................................. 37
DRIVER INSTALLATION FROM THE SEALEVEL DISK USING „AUTORUN‟ ................................................................. 37
DIRECT DRIVER INSTALLATION FROM THE SEALEVEL DISK .............................................................................. 39
INSTRUCTIONS FOR DOWNLOADED SOFTWARE INSTALLATION: .......................................................................... 39
UPGRADING TO THE CURRENT SEAIO DRIVER .................................................................................................. 39
MAXSSD CONFIGURATION & DIAGNOSTICS UTILITY ....................................................................................... 41
TROUBLESHOOTING SEAMAX ...................................................................................................................... 49
TROUBLESHOOTING ETHERNET & WIRELESS SEAI/O MODULES .......................................................................... 50
HARDWARE CONFIGURATION .................................................................................................................. 51
SETTING DEVICE ADDRESS (SLAVE ID) ........................................................................................................... 51
SETTING TERMINATION & PULL-UP/PULL-DOWN RESISTORS ............................................................................. 52
CONFIGURING THE “BASE” SEAI/O MODULE ................................................................................................... 53
CONFIGURING N-SERIES EXPANSION MODULES ............................................................................................... 54
CONFIGURING A WIRELESS (W-SERIES) MODULE .............................................................................................. 55
CONFIGURING A WIRELESS MODULE .............................................................................................................. 56