System configuration & boards addressing
From Hydrover
The configuration of a system require two steps:
- tell to the master how many boards of each type are present
- assing an address to every board
Master configuration
The steps needed to configure the master of the system are:
- connect your PC with an USB to Serial adapter to the H6105-D serial port
- open PuTTY and create a serial connection with this parameters:
115200-N-8-1 - configure the number of H6105-E boards with ce num command e.g.
ce num 1 - configure the number of H6103 boards with io num command e.g.
io num 1 - configure the number of H6104-P boards with ca num command e.g.
ca num 1 - save the configuration with the save command
The number of boards spans from 0 to 20 and are grouped by board type
Boards addressing
The steps needed to assign an address to a board are:
- connect your PC with an USB Type-B cable to the USB port of the slave board
- open PuTTY and create a serial connection with this parameters:
115200-N-8-1 - configure the address number of the board with bnum command e.g.
bnum 0
The boards address spans from 0 to 19 and are grouped by board type
