Operating Manual

Accu-Wave Chapter 8 Serial Ports, Contact Inputs & Special Fcts
TN Technologies 8-11
“Modify Port 1 RS232 (Port 2 RS485) Configuration” Menu (cont.)
Display Comments
The following menu item is repeated for measurement (1-8) which has been set up.
Do not send meas 1
ft level to
RS232 port.
NEXT↓↓ CHANGE→→
Similar menu item is displayed for each measurement
number you have set up. You can enable or disable
the transmission of the data for each measurement
individually.
Do not transmit data
in “packet” format
Change to “Do”→→
Continue as is.↓↓
Select “Do” to enable transmission of data in packets
as described on page Error! Bookmark not defined.,
or select “Do not” to transmit data in non-packet
format as described on page 8-12.
Do not data stream
in “connect” mode
Change to “Do”→→
Continue as is.↓↓
Applies to RS-485 party-line communications only.
Select “Do” to have the gauge continue data
streaming while the gauge is in “connect” mode. See
“Party–Line Communications” on page 8-15.
This is a slave
unit (xmit control).
Change to “master”→→
Continue as is.↓↓
Applies to RS-485 party-line communications only.
Specify whether this gauge is a slave or the master for
party-line communications. See “Party–Line
Communications” on page 8-15.
Set up data format.→→
NEXT↓↓
Menu subgroup header. Press → to access data format
menu items. Format options depend on selection of
packet or non-packet data transmission above. See
page Error! Bookmark not defined. for packet data
format menu items and see page 8-12 for non-packet
data format menu items.
Set up header- Form
feed, message, etc
{RS232}→→
NEXT↓↓
Menu subgroup header. Only displayed if non-packet
data transmission has been selected. See page 8-14
for a description of menu options.
window code, 0 must
be >= 33 and must
= window code in all
other units. NEXT↓↓
Applies to RS-485 party-line communications only.
The value entered must be the same for all units and
must be at least as large as the largest “must be >=”
value displayed for any unit. See page 8-15.
Highest unit number
in group 8
NEXT↓↓
Applies to RS-485 party-line communications only.
Only appears in setup for Master unit. Enter the
highest unit number assigned to any gauge on the
party-line. Maximum number of units is 32.
port 1 RS232 update
time 0 sec
NEXT↓↓
Set the time (seconds) between updates. If zero (0) is
entered, the gauge waits for an “update data output”
command for the serial port (see “Serial Port Related
Action Items” on page 7-6).
For RS-485 party-line operations: Set update time to
zero (0) for slave units. For the master unit, set time
(sec) between update cycles. See page 8-15.