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remote, press MENU. Using the up and down arrows, move
to Advanced Options and select Serial Port Settings.
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In the Serial Port Settings menu, set the Group ID and
the Unit ID so that the combined ID is unique for each
Bay Cat X in this RS232 loop.
Addressing Bay Cat X
Part of the RS232 command will be an address. This
address may take several forms. For example, suppose we
have 8 units in one area divided into two groups. We might
set the ID s of the units like this:
With this scheme, we have four ways to address these
Bay Cat Xs:
A complete list of all commands is given in “RS232
Control for Bay Cat X”, document 070-0120, available
from Clarity’s website:
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Group ID 1
Unit ID 1
ASCII Response Type Symbolic
ASCII Response Terminator CR
Baud Rate 19200
Group ID Unit ID
11
12
13
14
21
22
23
24
Type of
Addresses
Affect on Bay Cat X
13
24
etc.
Only the specific Bay Cat X addressed will
obey the command. Also, the Bay Cat X
will respond to the host computer.
** All Bay Cat Xs in this RS232 loop will obey
the command
*4 Both the Bay Cat Xs whose IDs end in “4”
will obey this command
2* All five Bay Cat Xs in Group 2 will obey the
command