User guide

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Table of Contents
1 ABOUT THE COMMUNICATION DRIVER...................................................4
2 INSTALLATION...............................................................................................5
2.1 EPROM Installation ..................................................................................5
2.2 BASIC Module Peripheral Port Configuration...........................................5
2.3 Powermeters Communications Settings .................................................5
2.4 Cable Connections ...................................................................................5
3 GENERAL OPERATION ................................................................................7
3.1 Interfacing to the BASIC Module...............................................................7
3.2 Principles of Operation.............................................................................7
4 APPLICATION INFORMATION .....................................................................8
4.1 Acquiring Data From the BASIC Module ..................................................8
4.1.1 Data Sets #1 and #2 ......................................................................8
4.1.2 Error Reporting...............................................................................9
4.2 Writing Data to the BASIC Module ...........................................................9
5 TROUBLESHOOTING...................................................................................10
6 ORDERING INFORMATION..........................................................................12
APPENDIX A DATA SETS................................................................................13
APPENDIX B CABLE DRAWINGS ..................................................................15
B.1 RS-232 Cable Configuration....................................................................15
B.2 RS-422 Cable Configuration....................................................................16
B.2.1 RS-422 Connection .......................................................................16
B.2.2 RS-422 Connection with Surge Voltage Protection.......................17