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Connecting the VS-88HC
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6.3 Setting the Dipswitches
Figure 6 and Table 5 define the factory default dipswitches:
OFF
ON
1 2 3 4
Figure 6: Dipswitch Settings
Table 5: Dipswitch Settings
DIPS Function Description
1, 2, 3 Self Address Set the MACHINE # (see section 6.3.1)
4 RS-485 Term
ON for RS-485 Line Termination with 120
OFF for no RS-485 Line Termination
6.3.1 Setting the Self Address #
To control a unit via RS-232 or RS-485, each unit has to be identified via its
unique Self Address #. Set the Self Address #
1
on a VS-88HC unit via
dipswitches 1, 2 and 3, according to Table 6.
Table 6: Self Address # Dipswitch Settings
DIPSWITCH
Self
Address #
1 2 3
1 OFF OFF OFF
2 OFF OFF ON
3 OFF ON OFF
4 OFF ON ON
5 ON OFF OFF
6 ON OFF ON
7 ON ON OFF
8 ON ON ON
When connecting more than one VS-88HC unit, set a different self address #
on each unit. You do not have to number the units in the sequence order in
which they connect to the PC, but it is essential that each unit is assigned a
unique machine number.
1 When using a single unit, set the unit to Self Address # 1