PNI FieldForce Trax - Manual (Page 12)

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4 Set-Up
This section describes how to configure the TRAX in your host system. To install the TRAX
into your system, follow these steps:
Make electrical connections to the TRAX.
Evaluate the TRAX using the TRAX Studio program, or a binary terminal emulation
program, such as RealTerm or Tera Term, to ensure the TRAX is working properly.
Choose a mounting location.
Mechanically mount the TRAX in the host system.
Perform a user calibration.
4.1 Electrical Connections
The enclosed version of TRAX incorporates a 7 pin ODU connector, part number K20L0C-
P07LCC0-560S, which mates with ODU part S20L0C-T07MCC0-560S or equivalent. The
TRAX PCA incorporates a 9 pin Molex connector, part number 53780-0970, which mates
with Molex part 51146-0900 or equivalent. The pin-out for both is given below in Table 4-1.
Table 4-1: TRAX Pin Descriptions
Pin #
1
TRAX Enclosed TRAX PCA
7 Pin ODU
Connector
1
9 Pin Molex
Connector
Pigtailed Cable
Wire Color
1 USB D+ Ground Black
2 RS232 +5 VDC USB +5 VDC Gray
3 RS232 Tx Ground Green
4 RS232 Rx Not Connected Orange
5 USB +5 VDC USB D – Violet
6 USB D – A USB D+ Brown
7 Ground RS232 Tx Yellow
8 RS232 Rx Blue
9 RS232 +5 VDC Red
Footnote:
1. For the TRAX Enclosed, pin #1 is the first pin to the left of the key, and
numbering runs counter-clockwise from pin #1, with pin #7 in the middle.
For the TRAX PCA, pin #1 is indicated on Figure 3-2.
After making the electrical connections, it is a good idea to perform some simple tests to
ensure the TRAX is working as expected. See Section 6 for how to operate the TRAX with
TRAX Studio or Section 7 for how to operate the TRAX using PNI’s binary protocol.