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AMX AXB-EM232 manual

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    instruction manual Axcess Centr al Controllers AXB-EM232 Enhanced Master RS-232 Controller[...]

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    AMX Limited W arranty and Disc laimer AMX Corporation warrants its products to be free of defects in material and workmanship under normal use for three (3) years from the date of purchase from AMX Corporation, with the following exceptions: • Electroluminescent and LCD Control Pane ls are warranted for three (3) years, e xcept for the display an[...]

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    T able of Contents i AXB-EM232 Enhanced Master RS-232 Controller T able of Contents Product Information ........ ................ ................. ................ .............. .............. ............ 1 Product Information .................................................... ....................................................... 1 Specifica[...]

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    ii AXB-EM232 Enhanced Master RS-232 Controller T able of Contents[...]

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    Product Information 1 AXB-EM232 Enhanced Master RS-232 Controller Pr oduct Inf ormation Pr oduct Information The AXB-EM232 Enhanced Master RS-232 Cont roller (FIG. 1) is an AXlink bus device that functions like an AMX Master Card in a single com p act enclosure. It is fu lly compat ible with the Axcess Control System and can be used either as a sta[...]

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    Product Information 2 AXB-EM232 Enhanced Master RS-232 Controller Specifications The follo wing table lists the sp ecif ications for the AXB-EM232. AXB-EM232 Pro duct Specifications P ower 12 VDC, 160 mA Asynchronous data communication • Baud rates: 300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, or 38 400 • Data bits: 7 or 8 • Stop bits: 1 or 2 •[...]

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    Product Information 3 AXB-EM232 Enhanced Master RS-232 Controller Installation Setting the internal jumpers Some RS-232 devices require that the b us be te rminated at 100 ohms. Follow these steps if your device requires this termination. 1. Discharge the static el ectricity from your body . 2. Unplug the two-pin power connector . 3. Remov e the tw[...]

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    Product Information 4 AXB-EM232 Enhanced Master RS-232 Controller Refer to the following table when setting the DIP switches. Wiring De vices to the AXB-EM232 The AXB-EM232 has captiv e-wire connectors on the rear panel (FIG. 1) for AXlink, RS-232, RS- 232, RS-422, and 12 VDC power . Preparing cap tive wires 1. Strip 0.25 inch of wire insulation of[...]

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    Product Information 5 AXB-EM232 Enhanced Master RS-232 Controller Using P o rts 1 and 2 for RS-232 data comm unication 1. Connect the RS-232 wiring to Port 1, as sho wn in FIG. 4. 2. Connect the RS-232 wiring to Port 2, as sho wn in FIG. 5. 3. Configure the AXB-EM232 for hardware handshaking (request to send, clear to send) by connecting the RS-232[...]

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    Product Information 6 AXB-EM232 Enhanced Master RS-232 Controller Using P or t 1 for RS-422 co mmunicati on W ire the AXB-EM232 for communi cating via RS-422 by connecting the RS-422 wiring to Port 1, as sho wn in FIG. 7. RS-422 com munication is av ailable only throu gh Port 1. Using P o rt 1 for RS-485 data comm unication T o wire the AXB-EM23 2 [...]

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    Product Information 7 AXB-EM232 Enhanced Master RS-232 Controller RS-232 male pr ogram connector Use either an AMX RS-232 cable (FG 10-726 ) for a DB-25 connector or AMX Programming cable (FG10-727) for a DB-9 port to connect your PC to the AXB-EM232 and download the Axcess program. Do not use a null modem cable . Replacing the Lithium Batteries Th[...]

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    Product Information 8 AXB-EM232 Enhanced Master RS-232 Controller 5. Carefully slide one battery out of its socket, and insert the new battery . 6. Plug the 2-pin power connector in to reapply po wer . W ait one m inute; then, remove the po wer connector again. 7. Carefully slide the other battery out of its socket, and insert the new battery . 8. [...]

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    Programming 9 AXB-EM232 Enhanced Master RS-232 Controller Pr ogramming Use the NetLinx Studio software program to create and edit an Axcess Control program for the AXB-EM232: ! The AXB-EM232 occupies address 0. ! Port 1 is AXlink Device 1, and Po rt 2 is AXlink Device 2. ! T o commun icate directly with the AXB- EM232, use T erminal Emulation mo de[...]

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    Programming 10 AXB-EM232 Enhanced Master RS-232 Controller Send_Strings This device also has s ome special Send_String escape sequences. If any of the three-character combinations in the foll o wing t able are found anywhere within a Send_String program instruction, they will be treated as a comm and and not the literal characters. Xmodem timing co[...]

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    Programming 11 AXB-EM232 Enhanced Master RS-232 Controller[...]

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