Honeywell niagara cp-700 User Manual

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WEB-700 WEB-700-O CP-700
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SERIAL
There are two “RS” serial ports on the WEB/CP-700 base board. Each has a UART capable of operation up to 115,200 baud. At 
the bottom of the board (see Fig. 6, page 13) is an RS-232 port using an DB-9 plug (male) connector. On the right side of the unit 
is an isolated RS-485 port, using the bottom three terminals of a 6-position screw-terminal connector plug.
NOTE: Additional serial ports may be added with option card(s) in Option Slot 1 and Slot 2, such as an NPB-RS232 
card, or NPB-2X-RS485 card (note the last option actually adds two serial ports).
RS-232
An RS-232 serial port using a male DB-9 connector always operates as COM1. You can use standard DB-9 serial cables with this 
port. The WEB/CP-700 is a serial DTE device, another DTE device (PC, for example) requires a “null modem” cable. If 
connecting to a DCE device (modem, for example), use a straight-through cable. Table 4. provides standard serial DB-9 pinouts.
NOTE: If rebooted with the mode jumper in the “Serial Shell” position (see Fig. 5, page 10), the RS-232 port provides 
“system shell” access. See the NiagaraAX Install and Startup Guide for related details.
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RS-485
An RS-485, optically isolated port is available on 3 pins of the 6-position right-side connector, and always operates as COM2. As 
shown in Table 4, the screw terminals are minus (–), plus (+), and shield. Wire in a continuous multidrop fashion to other RS-485 
devices, meaning “minus to minus”, “plus to plus,” and “shield to shield.” Connect the shield to earth ground at one end only, such 
as at the WEB/CP-700.
Grounding
An earth ground spade lug (0.187") is provided on the controller for connection to earth ground. For maximum protection from 
electrostatic discharge or other forms of EMI, connect the supplied earth grounding wire to this lug and a nearby earth ground. 
Keep this wire as short as possible, see Fig. 7.
Table 4. Serial port (RS-232 and RS-485) pinouts.
Base RS-232 DB-9 Port (COM1)
Base RS-485 Port (COM2)
Pinout Reference
Signal
DB-9 Pin
Pinouts
DB-9 Plug 
(male)
DCD
Data carrier detect
1
6-Position end connector 
(male)
RXD
Receive data
2
TXD
Transmit data
3
DTR
Data terminal ready
4
GND
Ground
5
DSR
Data set ready
6
RTS
Request to send
7
CTS
Clear to send
8
not used on the 7
9
PS – (GND)
PS + (15V)
BB (12V Batt)

+
S
RS-485
Power