Honeywell VRX180 Manuale Utente

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4.21 Serial Communications 
Serial Communications is an optional feature that lets the instrument exchange data with a host device 
(a PC running Honeywell or other compatible software) on an RS422/485 data link.  Using Modbus RTU 
protocol, this link can be used to transfer configurations and data.  Set up the link as follows. 
 
Table 4-67 describes the Serial Communications prompts. 
Table 4-67 Serial Communications Prompts 
 
 
Prompt 
Range/Selections 
Definition 
UNIT ADDRESS 
1-254 
Enter the unit’s address.  Use a number once only so that each 
address on the link is unique. 
BAUD RATE 
1200, 2400, 4800, 
9600, 19200, 38400, 
76800. 
Enter the speed of data transfer. All equipment on the link must 
be set to match the host setting. 
DOWNLOAD 
LOCKOUT 
YES, NO 
Set to YES to prevent configurations from being downloaded from 
a PC with SCF software. 
BYTE ORDER 
FP_B : Big Endian 
FP_BB : Big Endian 
with Byte swap 
FP_L : Little Endian 
FP_LB : Little Endian 
with Byte swap 
This feature allows a user to select the byte order for a floating 
point register. 
 
Example for 25.38 : 
  
 
Byte 
order 
Result 
  
FP_B 
FP_BB 
FP_L 
FP_LB 
0123 
1032 
3210 
2301 
41CB0A3D 
CB413D0A 
3D0ACB41 
0A3D41CB