Chipkin™
Modbus® RTU Data Client
User Manual
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Figure 5.1-1 - DB9 Gender Changers
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Serial RS232 mini-tester
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Useful for testing to ensure that a serial cable has the correct pinout.
Figure 5.1-2 - RS232 Mini-Tester
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Serial cable
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A Null modem or crossover serial cable can be useful when communicating with
drives that use serial connections such as Modbus RTU and VeederRoot serial
DISCOVER GATEWAY’S IP ADDRESS
By default, the gateway is shipped with an IP address of 192.168.1.113. The IP address may have
been changed since being installed on site. The following techniques can be used to discover the new
gateways IP address.
Setup reference card
By default, the gateways are shipped with a setup reference card attached to the bottom of the
gateway. This setup reference card will show the configured IP address as well as the job reference
number.