Gilderfluke&Co BR-SDC Serial Device Controller - Manual (Page 10)

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