Chapter 3 - Keypad Operation13RS232 Serial CommunicationsThis feature allows for testing of the terminal serial communications port throughthe keypad.Testing Serial Transmission:1. From the Test Connection menu press the F1 key toselect the TRANSMIT option2. The SmartDrive will now transmit the string ”ABC123” every 5 seconds.Testing Serial Receive:1. From the Test Connection menu press the F3 key toselect the RECEIVE option.2.Any character received on the terminal port will be displayed on the keypad.ENCODERTo be implemented in a future version of software.EDIT MenusPressing the EDIT key reveals three sub-menus calledPROG, SETUP and POS.Pressing the ‚ key reveals three more EDITsub-menus called LIST,TUNING and TEACH.Access the PROG, SETUP, POS,LIST,TUNING and TEACH sub-menus by pressing theappropriate function key. See descriptions of each of these sub-menus below.PROG Creating and Editing Motion ProgramsThis menu allows you to edit an existing program,orbegin entering a new program from the keypad.Use the numeric keys to enter a program number tostart a new motion program,or use the · and ‚keys to scroll through the list of existing programs,and press ENTER.You are now viewing your IDeal ™ motion program inthe keypad program editor and are ready to edit yourprogram.See Programming Your Application for more information on editing IDeal motionprograms with the keypad.------ · EDIT ‚ ------PROG SETUP POSEDIT------ · EDIT ‚ ------LIST TUNING TEACH-· EDIT PROGRAM ‚--> 5AC3 VE1 DI8000 GOENRUN > TEXT > RS232 ---- Test Connection-----TRANSMIT RECEIVETest String ‘ABC123’Transmitting....Data Received
