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USER GUIDE
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Example to control the Standalone:
P10=1 Enter switch all 8 sockets ON
P10=0 Enter switch all 8 sockets OFF
P14=r Enter restart socket 4
P18=t Enter toggle socket 8
Example: To control the first Slave connected to the Standalone
Dipswitch of the Slave: 1 = off and 2 = off
P20=1 Enter switch all 8 sockets ON
P25=0 Enter switch socket 5 OFF
The DX Power Switch accepts lower and upper case commands.
The DX Power Switch sends an echo for each received character.
When in Twin mode, sending a command to a specific socket number will also
control its corresponding twin socket.
Getting the state of the sockets
Send to DX Power Switch: Rxy[CR]
DX Power Switch responds: Pxy=z[CR]
x = DX Power Switch address (1,2,3,4)
y = Socket Number (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8)
z = State: 1 on
0 off
[CR] = Carriage Return = 0D hexadecimal = 13 decimal
Example: R28[CR] Gets the status of socket 8 / DX Power Switch 2
13. Controlling the power sockets of a DX Power Switch-Slave
or several Slaves connected together
You need the Serial cable as illustrated in Figure 4 or contact your dealer.
1. Using the cable, connect the DX Power Switch-Slave to a computer Serial port.
2. Run a Terminal program.
3. Configure the appropriate Serial port with the following settings: