Hall Research HR-4P - Manual (Page 11)

Programmable Serial Controller
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3.9 Upload
• Click the Upload button on the left of the Main screen to store the
current configuration strings in a HR-4P unit from the GUI
software. All information stored in the HR-4P will be overwritten.
• If the configuration string for a specific condition needs to be uploaded, you can
click the Upload Single button to the right of the configuration text box as
shown.
3.10 Main Screen Tabs
• The HR-4P Programmer consists of four different pages in a tabular format.
Each Tab has a specific function suited to a particular task.
Configuration
• The Configuration tab page as seen in Figure 6 is the default tab shown
at software startup.
o This tab allows the user to build configuration strings.
o A configuration string can be created to perform one or more specific
actions based on a particular condition.
o A configuration string can be up to 250 bytes long, and it can be any
combination of serial, time delays, IR codes, outputs, and pulses
actions. Each type of command; Serial, Time Delay, IR, Output and
Pulse each use a few bytes for identifying the desired action. For
example, a Serial Commands uses XX+2 bytes where XX is the
number of bytes the user defines. So… “Hello” uses 4 bytes + 2
bytes for the serial command.
• Condition – consists of 5 different real-world discrete inputs
o CTS, Input 1, Input 2, Input 3, and Input 4.
o Their state can be high or low.
• Action
• Serial is used to send specific serial characters to a device
• IR is used to send an IR code to an IR receiver
• Delay is used to add a time delay
• Output is used to toggle a specific output on and off
• Pulse is used to send timed on/off/on or off/on/off to a output