User Manual

or more of these serial ports, you will see the adjacent LED ﬂash.

ʻConﬁgure/Runʼ Switch:

This switch must be in the ʻDisabledʼ position for the Br-SDC to receive and send

strings normally. When this switch is in the ʻDisabledʼ position, there is no possible way

for a Br-SDC to alter its memory and the Br-SDC operates normally, receiving charac-

ters and sending strings in response to inputs.

! With the switch in the ʻConﬁgureʼ position, the serial port is forced to 9600 baud,

and is put into ʻconﬁgurationʼ mode. The Br-SDCʼs built-in menu is displayed on a com-

puter attached to the female DE-09 serial port1 and conﬁguration reads and writes can

take place normally.

When in conﬁguration mode, the Br-SDCʼs ʻheartʼ LED will ﬂash at a far faster than

the normal ʻRunningʼ rate.

! With the switch in the ʻDisabledʼ position, the Br-SDC should retain its conﬁgura-

tions for at least forty years. The serial port is returned to the baud rate selected during

setup, and the Br-SDC returns to ʻnormalʼ operation.

Serial Ports:

There are several different options available on the Br-SDCs for RS-232 or RS-422

Serial port connectors:

a) DE-09 Nine Position Female:

On the Br-SDC/09, this connection is used for both conﬁguration and sending

strings to the devices the Br-SDC/09 controls. When connecting the Br-SDC/09 to

your controlled device, this may require a cable that ﬂips pins #2 and #3.

On the eight port Br-SDC8, this female connection is used for conﬁguration,

and for attaching the Br-SDC8 to the your PC, PLC, or other source of serial data.

The RS-232 serial port is paralleled with the RS-244 serial port. You can use ei-

ther port interchangeably, but not at the same time. The eight male DE-09 connec-

tors are used to attach the devices that receive the strings that the Br-SDC8 gen-

erates or reroutes.

A nine pin male to nine pin female serial cable with ʻstraight throughʼ wiring is

used to connect the Br-SDC to your PC or PLC. The pins that the Br-SDC uses

are:

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The computer must be running a terminal program, such as GilderTerm, HyperTerm or others.