Gilderfluke&Co Frequency Shift Keyed/Remote Terminal Unit - Manual (Page 14)

COLOR SIGNAL NAME:
LEFT WHITE SIGNAL GROUND
BLACK - SERIAL DATA OUT FROM FSK/RTU Unit
RED + SERIAL DATA OUT FROM FSK/RTU Unit
GREEN - SERIAL DATA IN TO REPEATERS
YELLOW + SERIAL DATA IN TO REPEATERS
RIGHT BLUE SIGNAL GROUND
PC and Compatible Connections: To cross wire the RS-422 / RS-485 signals from the FSK/RTU Unit to
the RS-232 serial port of an IBM compatible, cross connect the signals as follows:
DB-25 DE-9 SIGNAL SIGNAL FROM/TO FSK/RTU Unit
2 3 DATA OUT - SERIAL DATA IN TO FSK/RTU Unit (GREEN)
3 2 DATA IN - SERIAL DATA OUT FROM FSK/RTU Unit (BLACK)
7 5 GROUND SIGNAL GROUND (BLUE or WHITE)
Apple Macintosh computers have true RS-422 serial ports built in. To connect to the Smart Brick
System, the pin out is as follows for a Macintosh mini-DIN-8:
to + serial data in to card (#5 yellow)
to - serial data in to card (#4 green)
1 2
3 4 5
6 7 8
from - serial data out from card (#2 black)
from + serial data out from card (#3 red)
signal ground (#1 blue or #6 white)
The FSK/RTU Unit expects to see the serial data in the following format:
ONE START BIT
EIGHT DATA BITS
ONE or TWO STOP BITS
Unlike many of the products manufactured by Gilderfluke & Company, the FSK/RTU can not share the
serial port with other devices at the same time. The screen is displayed when you enter:
m5AA5
To redraw the screen at any time, just press the ape key. If the FSK/RTU is set for FSK data, then
the following screen will be displayed:
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