LineEye LE-110SA User manual

DATA LINE MONITOR
LE -110SA
LE-120SA
Quick Start Guide
Thank you for your purchase of LE-series.
This booklet tells you only the basic operation. For more detailed
information, please refer to the instruction manual (PDF) in the utility CD
attached to the product.
It is prohibited to reprint or duplicate any part of this manual without prior permission
from LINEEYE.
The content of this manual and specication of the product is subject to change without
any notice.
2018 by LINEEYE CO., LTD . All rights reserved
When you unpack the product, make sure you have all
following items
□Line Monitor 1
□DB9 Monitor Cable (LE-009M2) 1
□Trigger Input/Output Cable (LE-4TG) 1 … only for LE-110SA
□10pin External Input/Output Cable (LE-10ES1) 1 … only for LE-120SA
□Micro USB Cable 1
□AA-sized NiMH batteries 2 (Battery installed)
□Utility CD 1
□Carrying Bag 1
□Quick Start Guide (this booklet) 1
□Warranty, Registration Card 1
Please let us know if you nd any damage to the product or accessories lacking.

1
Safety Information
Please do not use the line monitor in the following conditions
[Description of the symbol and mark]
Warning: There is a possibility of getting hurt, such as a death or a
serious injury.
Caution: There is a possibility of getting injured or damaging the
product.
* Do not disassemble, modify or repair the line monitor.
This may result in an injury, electric shock, and ignition.
* Turn off the power and unplug the line monitor immediately when
emanating smoke or odor.
Continuous use may result in an electric shock, burn and ignition.
* Do not use the line monitor if there is inammable gas.
This may result in ignition and explosion.
* Turn off the power and unplug the line monitor immediately when
liquid or foreign substance gets into the line monitor.
Continuous use may result in ignition, electric shock and malfunction.
* Do not touch the line monitor with wet hand.
This may result in an electric shock and malfunction.
* Do not put the line monitor in a re or place near the heater.
This may result in an injury, ignition and explosion.
* Do not use the batteries other than Ni-MH batteries or alkaline
batteries.
This may result in generation of heat, ignition, leaking and malfunction.
* Do not give a strong impact to the line monitor.
* Do not place the line monitor in following conditions.
・
Not at or vibrated place.
・
Temperature or humidity is above the specication.
・
Change the temperature rapidly. ・Have a direct sun or near the re.
・
Magnetic eld. Have static electricity.
* Do not use the line monitor near the following devices.
・
Medical device, such as a heat pacemaker.
・
Automatic control devices easily affected by radio waves.
・
Devices controlled by the radio waves.
Warning
Caution

2
Nomenclature
[LE-110SA]
Name Function
1) Power Switch Turn on / off the power
2) [Run] key Start monitoring / simulating
3) [Stop] key Stop monitoring / simulating
4) [ Menu ] key Display the top menu
5) [ Esc ] key Return to the previous display
6) LCD 4.3 inch color LCD with touch panel
7) Line State LED Light in red when signal is active.
8) Power LED
Light in green when turning on the power.
Light in red: battery full charged. Blink in red: Still
charging the battery.
9) Battery Cover Open when changing the batteries.
10) USB Device Port Micro-USB connector.
Connect to the USB port of PC or USB battery charger.
11) USB Host Port Standard A USB connector. Connect to the USB ash
drive.
12) RS-232CPort RS-232C measurement port.
13) External Trigger Port Input / output port for external trigger signals.
14) RS-422 / 485 Port RS-422 / RS-485 measurement port.
6)
11)
14) 13) 10)12)
4)
7)
5) 3) 2) 8)
9)
1)

3
[LE-120SA]
Name Function
1) Power Switch Turn on / off the power
2) [Run] key Start monitoring / simulating
3) [Stop] key Stop monitoring / simulating
4) [ Menu ] key Display the top menu
5) [ Esc ] key Return to the previous display
6) LCD 4.3 inch color LCD with touch panel
7) Line State LED Light in red when signal is active.
8) Power LED
Light in green when turning on the power.
Light in red : battery full charged. Blink in red : Still
charging the battery.
9) Battery Cover Open when changing the batteries.
10) U S B D e v i c e
Port
Micro-USB connector.
Connect to the USB port of PC or USB battery charger.
11) USB Host Port Standard A USB connector. Connect to the USB ash drive.
12) RS-232CPort RS-232C measurement port.
13) TTL Port TTL measurement port. Input/output port for external
trigger signals.
9)
13) 10)12)
4)
7)
5) 3) 2)
11)
8)
1)
6)

Power and Battery
This line monitor drives by batteries or bus power from a USB port.
Open the battery cover and insert the attached Ni-MH batteries.
Ni-MH batteries are used for time IC and memory IC.

To charge the Ni-MH batteries, use the battery charger for AA sized Ni-MH
batteries.
LINEEYE has confirmed it works with “BQ-CC23” or “BQCC55” of
Panasonic, and “TNHC-34SMC” or “TNHC-34HBC” of Toshiba.
The line monitor is able to charge the Ni-MH batteries by appropriate settings.

Do not insert the alkali batteries to charge.
Warning (when using the line monitor with batteries)
* Do not short the electrode of batteries.
It may cause the generation of heat, ignition, explosion, leaking and
malfunction.
* Use the batteries and battery charger which LINEEYE recommends.
If not, it may cause the generation of heat, ignition, electric shock and
malfunction.
* Do not leave the batteries near children.
* Do not charge the Alkali batteries.
It may cause leaking, generation of heart, explosion and malfunction.
* Do not touch directly when leaking the batteries.
It may result in serious injury, such as losing eyesight.
Micro USB cable
USB battery charger (not included)
Micro USB cable
USBport
+
+
4

Operation
There are 5 keys and touch panels to control the line monitor.
Touch panels enable to select settings by soft touch or to scroll the display
by swipe.
Basic operations are made by key operations. Pressing 2 keys simultaneously
have the special functions.
Operations Function
[ ] Turn On/ Off the power of line monitor.
Press longer when turning off.
[Run] Start monitoring/ simulating
[Stop] Stop monitoring/ simulating.
Scroll data (forward).
[Menu] Display the top menu.
[Esc]
Return to the previous display.
Scroll data (backward).
Stop displaying data while measuring.
[Menu]+[Esc] Capture the screen image in the USB f lash
drive.(* 1)
[Menu]+[Run] Make brighter the screen.
[Menu]+[Stop] Make darker the screen.
[Esc]+Turn on the power Initialize the settings. Clear all.
[Stop]+[Run]+Turn on the power Start the rmware loader. (* 2)
*1 : Insert the USB ash drive into the USB host port.
*2 : To update the rmware, it is necessary to use the PC. → Refer to “PC link”
5

Initial Settings
Press [ ] to turn on the power.
Select the language and set date
& time.
* The top screen will be "LE-120SA" for the model of
LE-120SA.
Press [Menu] key to set the
initial settings.
Measurement port /
Function
: Select a measurement port of line monitor and a function.
Conguration : Select basic communication conditions.
Trigger : Select trigger factors and actions. Set the timer/counter for
trigger function.
Record control : Set the capture buffer, time stamp, idle time and line state
conditions.
System Settings : Select a mode for power saving, battery charging and so on.
[LE-110SA]
6

Select “Measurement port / function” and “Conguration” according to the
target interface.
e.g.: Monitor RS-232C
Speed: 38400bps, Data length: 8bit, Parity: Even, Stop: 1bit
e.g.: Simulate RS-485 [LE-110SA]
Speed: 460.8Kbps, Data length: 8bit, Parity: None, Stop: 1bit
*Register test data in the “Tx-data registration”.
e.g.: Monitor TTL (UART 3.3V) [LE-120SA]
Speed: 115.2Kbps, Data length: 8bit, Parity: None, Stop: 1bit
7

Connect to the Target Device
[Connect to RS-232C]
Connect the RS-232C connector of target device
and the RS-232C por t of line monitor, using
included cable or appropriate cable.
To monitor data
■
To simulate data
■
S e l e c t “ S i m u l a t e ” m o d e a n d
press [Run]. RS-232C port of line
monitor will be DTE specification
(equivalent to COM port). Check the
DTE/DCE specification of target
device and connect to the line
monitor, using straight or cross cable.
C on n e c t t h e t a r get d ev ic e s
and the line monitor using the
included monitor cable (LE-
009M2)
C o n n e c t t he t a r g e t d e v i c e s
and the line monitor using the
optional Dsub25-9pin adapter
(LE-259AD2) and Dsub25pin
monitor cable (LE-25M1).
Dsub9
One of the target devices
has Dsub 9pin connector.
MONITOR Cable
RS-232C Port
Dsub25-9
(LE-259AD2)
Both target devices have
Dsub 25pin connectors.
Dsub25
MONITOR Cable
(LE-25M1)
RS-232C Port
< RS-232C Port >
1Pin 5Pin
6Pin 9Pin
RS-232C CABLE
RS-232C Port Dsub9
Target Device (DCE specication) --- Straight cable --- line monitor
Target Device (DTE specication) --- Cross cable --- line monitor
8

[Connect to RS-422/RS-485] (LE-110SA)
Connect the signals of target device to
the corresponded RS-422/485 port of
line monitor.
LINEEY recommends using the twisted

pair cable. (Pair: TXD+/-, RXD+/-)
Need to have a terminal control (100 to

120Ω) if the line monitor becomes the
terminal device.
RS-422 Full Duplex Communication
■
RS-422 Half Duplex Communication
When monitoring/ simulating
< RS-422/485 Port >
* RS-422/485 port is the removal terminal.
Remove it from the line monitor rst to
connect the signals, and then put it back
to the line monitor.
Device A Device B LE-110SA
TXD+
TXD-
TXD+
TXD-
TXD+
TXD-
RXD+
RXD-
RXD+
RXD-
RXD+
RXD-
SG SG
GND
Device LE-110SA
TXD+
TXD-
TXD+
TXD-
RXD+
RXD-
RXD+
RXD-
SG GND
Terminal
control
Device A Device B LE-110SA
TX/RX+
TX/RX-
SG SG SG
Device C
GND
TX/RX+
TX/RX-
TX/RX+
TX/RX-
TXD+
TXD-
When monitoring between A and B W hen si mulat i ng data
(send/receive test)
9

[Connect to TTL interface] (LE-120SA)
Connect the TTL (UART) signals of target device to the corresponded TTL
port of line monitor.
Use 10pins external input / output cable (LE-10ES1) if the signals of target
device are long enough to connect.
Use optional 5lines probe cable (LE-5LS) to pinch the signal of target
device.
TTL signal port (TXD, RXD, RTS, CTS) of LE-120SA is only for
monitoring.
10pins external input/ output cable (LE-10ES1) 5lines probe cable (LE-5LS)
TTL Port
1
2
9
10
MIL box type 10pin cable *1 Cable color *2
Signal name Pin Input/
output
LE-10ES1 LE-5LS
TXD TTL monitor input 1 I Brown Brown
RXD TTL monitor input 3 I Orange Red
RTS TTLmonitor input 5 I Green Orange
CTS TTLmonitor input 7 I Purple Yellow
Signal ground 9 - White Green
Signal ground 2 - Red
IN trigger input 4 IYel low
OT1 trigger output 1 6 O blue
OT2 trigger output 2 8 O Gray
NC Not Connected 10 -Black
* 1
：2 lines.2.54mm pitch. Equivalent to “HIF3FC-10PA-2.54DS(71)”
of HIROSE Electric. CO., LTD.
* 2
：Lead colors of attached cable (LE10ES1) and optional cable (LE-
5LS).
length : 300mm
[accessory]
length : 360mm
[Option]
10

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Measurement Start and Stop
Press [Run] to start measuring.
[Monitoring]
The line monitor displays the
communication data in real time
and records data in the capture
buffer.
Tr a n s m i s s i o n ( T X D ) a n d
r e c e i v i n g ( R X D) d a t a a r e
displayed in two lines.
[Simulating]
Transmission data from the line
monitor is displayed in TXD
line, and reception data from
the target device is displayed in
RXD line. Pre-registered data in
the transmission data and some
fixed data (FOX message etc)
can be transmitted.
Able to select the transmission data by pressing [Menu] or [...] displayed in the

bottom.
Register data from [Menu] → [Measurement port/ function] → “Simulation” →

“Tx-data registration”
Special Code (errors and break)
special code meaning
Parity error
Framing error
Parity error and Framing error
Break (start bit, character bit, stop bit are all zero)
Press [Stop] to end measuring.
It is able to stop measurement automatically by setting the trigger or capture
memory setting (full stop).

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1) Measuring 〔 〕 , Pause 〔 〕
2) Position of data/ all data. Able to input the position of data. Speed and character
framing while measuring (e.g. B8-PO-S1)(*1)
3) Other status
4) Measuring (selected) interface.
5) Selected Mode. [Mon]: Monitoring, [Sim]:Simulating
6) Status of USB device mode (Green: Connected)
7) Status of Host port (Green: Connected)(*2)
8) Level of remained battery. 〔 〕 indicates “bus power”
9) Display more items.
10) Change displayed mode of measured data. Normal -> Line state -> Frame ->
Normal
11) Selected data code. Change data code.
12) Save data. Select a le to read.
13) Find specic data and errors
14) Other operations.
* 1
：[B: Data length], [P: Parity (E: Even, O: Odd, N: None)], [S: Stop bit]
* 2
：It becomes in red while accessing to the USB ash drive.
Swipe down the display to see backward (old) data.
Swipe up the display to see forward (new) data.
Swipe quickly to scroll data fast. It is able to type any numbers in (2), to check

data in different positions.
6) 7)
9)
5)
12) 13)11)10)
8)
4)
2) 3)
14)
1)

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Useful Functions
Trigger Function
■
Trigger function is for starting a specic action upon occurrence of a
specic event as a trigger.
e.g.: Stop measuring when transmitting “41h, 42h, 43h” in the TXD line.
Press [Menu] → [Trigger]
→ Mark on “Trigger0”.
Select “Factor” →
“Character” and input
“41h, 42h, 43h” in the
TXD character.
Press [Esc] a nd select
“Stop measurement” as
trigger action.
e.g.: Output a pulse to the external device when receiving a specic error.
Trigger Factor : Error
Trigger Action : OT2 pulse output
Output a low pulse for about 1ms in the external trigger terminal
“OT2”.
〔LE-110SA〕 〔LE-120SA〕

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Auto Conguration
■
Auto conguration function estimates the communication conditions
of target device. It is useful if knowing nothing about the target
conditions.
Press 〔 〕 and select “Auto
conguration”. Measurement
will start after setting the
communication conditions
(speed, data length, parity).
To have the right communication

conditions, following conditions are necessary.
・ Several data are found in the communication lines.
・
There is not any error in the communication lines.
・
Data includes “101” or “010” of bit pattern.
Auto Backup
■
Measurement data will be erased when turning off the power of line
monitor. Auto backup function saves data of capture buffer in the USB
ash drive.
Press [Menu] → [Record
control] → [Auto backup]
Save in SRAM Save newest 30K byte data in the inner SRAM. Saved data
will be loaded automatically when turning on the power of
line monitor.
Save in le Save all data in the USB ash drive named as “@AUTOBUn.
DAT).
To load the data into the line monitor, you need to select

it from the USB ash drive.

15
PC link
With PC link software, it is able to control the line monitor from a PC
(remote control), update a rmware and so on. Install a USB driver before
connecting the line monitor and a PC.
USB driver
■
Install a USB driver from attached CD (“Driver” folder) or LINEEYE
webpage.
Execute “setup.exe” before connection the line monitor and a PC.
* Refer to the instruction manual in the utility CD.
PC link software
■
PC link software enables to
control line monitor from a PC
(remote control) and convert
data into text format in the PC.
The light (limited) version of PC
link software is available from
LINEEYE webpage. Decompose
the le and execute “setup.exe”.
* Refer to the “on-line help” for
operation of PC link software.
Update Firmware
■
The latest rmware will be available in the LINEEYE webpage.
http://www.lineeye.co.jp/html/download_update.html
Download the rmware rst, then transfer it to the line monitor using
the transferring software “le8firm.exe” in the utility CD (“Utility”
folder).
*===============[2018-09-17 13:09:36]=*
* Model : LE-110SA *
* Version : 1.00 *
* Serial No.: 3Y899999 *
* Start time: 2018-09-17 13:07:43 *
* Stop time : 2018-09-17 13:07:51 *
*-------------------------------------*
* MONITOR DATA *
* PROTOCOL: ASYNC *
* S-SPEED : 460.8k R-SPEED : 460.8k *
* CODE : ASCII CHAR BIT: 8 *
* PARITY : EVEN STOP BIT: 1 *
* BCC : NONE *
* IDLE TM : 1ms TM STAMP: DHMS10 *
* PRINT CODE : ASCII *
*=====================================*
SD:[ IDLE ][T 1713]54484520515549434B2042524F574E20464F5820
[ 2648 ][074658] T H E Q U I C K B R O W N F O X
RD: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
SD:4A554D5053204F5645522041204C415A5920444F472030313233343
5
J U M P S O V E R A L A Z Y D O G 0 1 2 3 4 5
RD: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
SD:363738392E[ IDLE ][T 1713] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
6 7 8 9 .[ 0010 ][074660]
RD: - - - - - 023031323334353637383941424344
SX 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D
[Example of text conversion ]

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Specications of Function and Hardware
Item LE-110SA LE-120SA
Interface RS-232C,RS-422/485 RS-232C,TTL
Signal level None 1.8V,2.5V,3.3V, 5 V
Protocol ASYNC ASYNC, UART
Capture memory 16Mbyte (4000Kdata). Able to divide in two.
Speed(bps)
50, 75, 150, 300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 12800,
14400, 19200, 28800, 38400, 57600, 115200, 230400,
460800, and user dened speed(*1)
Monitor function Display in real time and record the send/receive data,
idle time, time stamp, and line status.
Simulation function(*2) Send test data, ON/OFF of
RTS/DTR
Send test data, ON/OFF
of RTS/DTR(*3)
External trigger 1 input and 2 outputs
Line stateLED Logical state display of SD(TXD), RD(RXD), RTS,
and CTS
LCD 4.3 inch TFT color display (480x272dot)
28 characters x 6lines.
Touch screen Capacitive touch screen
USB2.0 device port Micro B connector. Connected to PC or USB charger.
USB2.0 host port Standard A connector.
For USB ash drive.(*4)
Power USB bus power 5V/500mA, two AA Ni-HM batteries,
or two AA alkaline batteries
Drive time(*5) AA sized Ni-HM batteries: about 5 hours
AA sized alkaline batteries: about 2 hours
Temperature & humidity 0 - 40 degrees Celcius (-10 to 50 degrees Celcius for
storage), 85%RH
Size & weight 158mm x 100mm x 31mm, 300g(including batteries)
* 1 : User dened speed might have a margin of error.
* 2 : Only DTE mode is available.
* 3 : Only RS-232C. The TTL port is only for monitoring.
* 4 : Not all the USB ash drives are supported.
* 5 : Under the normal operation.

For any technical issues
Read "FAQ" in our website or email us. http://www.lineeye.co.jp/html/contact.html
4F., Marufuku Bldg., 39-1, Karahashi Nishihiragaki-cho, Minami-ku, Kyo-
to, 601-8468, Japan
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LINEEYE CO., LTD.