Red Lion LEGEND - Manual (Page 36)

SERIAL CONNECTIONS (Cont’d)
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CONNECTING TO A HOST TERMINAL
Six Legend units are used to monitor and control
parts packaging machines in a plant. Legend units are
located at each machine in the production area of the
building. A communication line is run to an Industrial
computer located in the production office. The drawing
s h o w s t h e l i n e c o n n e c t i o n . E a c h L e g e n d i s
p r o g r a mme d f o r a d i f f e r e n t a d d r e s s a n d a r e a l l
programmed for the same baud rate and parity as the
computer (ex 9600 baud, parity even). An application
program is written to send and receive data from the
units using the proper commands.