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The selectable communicaon baud rates are 9600, 12000, and 38400. The communicaon protocol is one start bit, one stop bit, 8 data
bits, and even parity.
When RS-485 communicaon is used, each controller module may be assigned a controller ID. Select leer A through O for individual
idencaon of up to 15 Controllers on a RS-485 “party line.”
Conguring the Serial Transmission Format
Serial Transmission acvates the serial port, species the data format, and provides data suppression opons.
If No Serial Communicaon is selected (default), the serial port does not transmit sensing data.
ASCII Transmission species the scan data uses the ASCII format. ASCII Transmission has one suppression opon, Suppress Clear Data,
which sends data once when the array is completely clear (i.e., when no beams are blocked) and no further data is sent unl one or
more beams are blocked.
Binary Transmission species the scan data uses the binary format. The binary format has three suppression opons:
• Suppress Clear Data: Sends data once when the array is completely clear (i.e., when no beams are blocked) and no further data
is sent unl one or more beams are blocked.
• Suppress Header: Reduces the size of the controller serial message by three bytes. Header bytes consist of the two byte start
string plus the terminaon byte.
• Compress Data: Reduces the number of data bytes sent for each analysis mode from two to one byte.
5.4.7 PSF Assignment and Storage
The screens shown are for MAC-1, MACP-1, MACN-1, MACV-1, and MACI-1 Controllers. The screen layouts for MAC16N-1 and
MAC16P-1 are funconally the same. PSF commands are located in the lower right corner of the PSF Conguraon screen.
Sending a PSF to the Controller
Aer a PSF is congured, select Send PSF to send the PSF to the MINI-ARRAY controller. This command loads the PSF into the
controller’s non-volale memory and automacally overwrites any exisng PSF. The program conrms that the PSF was accepted or it
will prompt for changes that are sll required.
Retrieving a PSF from the Controller
To check the PSF loaded into the controller, select Upload PSF. The current PSF will be displayed on the PSF
Conguraon screen.
Downloading a PSF to Your Hard Drive
To download the PSF from the controller and save it to your hard drive, follow these steps.
1. Select File Save PSF.
2. When prompted to save the PSF to a le, select Yes.
The FileSave pop-up window appears.
3. Overtype *.psf in the File Name entry box by entering the name of the le to be stored (up to 8 characters), plus the .psf
extension.
For example, type the name Inspect1.psf.
4. Select OK or press the Enter key.
The PSF is stored on the selected drive (default is C:), and the program automacally returns to the PSF Conguraon screen.
Uploading a PSF to the Controller
To upload a PSF from your hard drive to the controller, follow these steps.
1. Select File Retrieve PSF.
The FileBox pop-up dialogue box appears.
2. Select the desired PSF from the File Name list.
3. and select OK or press the Enter key.
The selected PSF loads on the PSF
Conguraon screen.
4. Click Send PSF to upload the le to the controller.
Analyzing the PSF Output Data
Follow these steps to view and analyze the output data generated by the PSF loaded into the controller.
1. Click Execute.
The Measurement Output pop-up window appears.
2. Click Run.
The table displays the status for the selected measurement mode(s), including the Present value, and the High and Low values
for the Run period.
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