RoboteQ Dual Channel Digital Motor Controller AX500 - Manual (Page 126)

126 AX500 Motor Controller User’s Manual Version 1.9b. June 1, 2007
Controller is on, Radio is turned Off (or Radio On with RC ch3 Off)
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Relay deactivates. RS232 is now connected to shared input.
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String of Carriage Returns now received by controller.
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Computer looks for OK prompt to detect that the RS232 mode is now active.
Note: Wait 5 seconds for the capacitor to discharge before attempting to switch to RC
mode if doing this repeatedly. Controller will not reset otherwise.
Analog and R/C Modes Data Logging String Format
When the controller is configured in R/C or Analog mode, it will automatically and continu-
ously send a string of ASCII characters on the RS232 output.
This feature makes it possible to log the controller’s internal parameters while it is used in
the actual application. The data may be captured using a PC connected via an RS232 cable
or wireless modem or into a PDA installed in the actual robot. Details on how to wire the
DB15 connector is described on page 92 for the R/C mode and on page 99 for the Analog
mode.
This string is composed of a start character delimiter, followed by two-digit Hexadecimal
numbers representing internal parameter values, and ending with a Carriage Return charac-
ter. The figure below shows the structure of this string.
The hexadecimal values and format for each parameter is the same as the response to
RS232 queries described in page 107.
Characters are sent by the controller at the rate of one every 8ms. A complete string is
sent in.
Data Logging Cables
The wring diagrams shown in the figures below describe an easy-to-assemble cable
assembly for use to create insertion points where to connect the PC for debug and data
: 00 11 22 33 44 55 66 77 88 99 AA BB CC
Star
t Deli
miter
End Delimit
er
Comm
and 1
Command 2 Output P
ower 1
Output P
ower 2
Analog In 1 Analog In 2 Amps 1Amps 2Te
mperature
1
Te
mperature
2
Main Bat
t V
olts
Internal
Vo
lts
Encoder S
pd/P
os
FIGURE 71. ASCII string sent by the controller while in R/C or Analog mode
FIGURE 1. Pin locations on the controller’s 15-pin connector