YOKOGAWA YS170 User manual

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YS170/YS1700 and HyperTerminal
Tech note TN12009

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Overview
This tech note describes how to configure
the YS170/YS1700 controllers and
HyperTerminal to communicate with each
other.
Follow Slide 3 for YS170 settings.
Follow Side 4&5 for YS1700 settings.
HyperTerminal settings are identical for
both controllers.

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YS170 Settings
Go to the CONFIG1 screen and set COMM
parameters
1. ADRS: Controller Address
2. STBIT: Stop Bits
3. PAR: Parity
4. BPS: Communication Speed
Example: ADRS-1, STBIT-1, PAR-NO,
BPS-9600.
NOTE: These values must match
the settings used in HyperTerminal.

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YS1700 Settings (part 1)
Go to the COMM screen and set COMM
parameters
1. PSL: Protocol Select (Must be set
to YS)
2. ADRS: Controller address
3. STBIT: Stop Bits
4. PAR: Parity
5. DLEN: Data Length
6. BPS: Communication Speed

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YS1700 Settings (part 2)
Setting example:
PSL: YS
ADRS: 1
STBIT: 1 bit
PAR: NONE
DLEN: 8 bit
BPS: 9600
NOTE: These values must match the
settings used in HyperTerminal.

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COM Port Settings
Flow control must be set to
Xon/Xoff
HyperTerminal Settings
NOTE: These values must match the
settings on the controller.

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Terminal Settings
HyperTerminal Settings

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ASCII Setup
HyperTerminal Settings

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Data Commands
Data command must be sent to the YS as
a string.
Construct the command in Notepad or
Wordpad and then CUT/PASTE into
HyperTerminal.
Follow this IMMEDIATELY by hitting the
ENTER key.

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Data Commands
Example
CUT/PASTE DG 01 01 SV1 into
HyperTerminal.
Follow this IMMEDIATELY by hitting the
ENTER key.
The is will retrieve (DG or data get), from
controller address 01 (01), one byte of
data (01) which is the set point (SV1).