PD-013-42 / TMCM-110-42 Manual (V1.24/2011-NOV-25)
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Copyright © 2011, TRINAMIC Motion Control GmbH & Co. KG
8.5.2
Control with terminal program
Having installed the hardware, the TMCM-013 can be controlled with any terminal program, like
HyperTerminal that comes with MS-Windows. Following steps are described for HyperTerminal but are
similar for the other terminal programs:
1.
Start HyperTerminal
2.
A window for a new connection opens. Fill in a name and select icon. Press OK.
3.
Select the appropriate COM-port and press OK.
4.
Fill in the values like in Figure 8.6 and confirm with OK.
Bit rate:
Data bits:
Parity:
Stop bits:
Flow control:
none
none
Figure 8.6: Connection settings for RS485
Type into the terminal window commands like
AV 50000
,
AA 300
or
Ac
and execute each with ENTER. With
standard RS485 adapters the typed value may be echoed and lines like
AAVV 5500000000
for the typed
AV 50000
appear. The value sent to the module is the typed one and not the displayed. Try to change ASCII
settings (concerning echo) in HyperTerminal.
An acceleration differing from zero is required to get velocities in RS485 mode. Setting or storing this value
to the EEPROM disables step/direction control until acceleration is set to zero again (and eventually stored)
or the board is reset to factory default.