Eco-Line Cereal

This product is a variation of the Eco-Line Signal Converter modified to work only with serial communications. The input can be read and the output written to using a simple ASCII communications protocol.

 The Status LED will flash on power up and remain on when power is applied.

The Alarm LED will become the Output LED and will flash briefly when an output command is received and will come on for a 500 mSec when the Output Minimum Set command is received and flash twice at 500 mSec when the Output Maximum Set command is received.

The Input LED and will flash when an Input command is received and will come on for 500 mSec when the Input Minimum Set command is received and twice at 500 mSec when the Input Maximum Set command is received.

The push button and the zero and span trimpots may not be fitted and will not have any function for this version.

The serial communications is done via the communications connector jack plug socket on the front of the unit using a USB to Eco-Line configuration cable (1.8 m long). The cable includes a FTDI USB to Serial chip and is used as a Virtual Com Port (VCP). Driver updates and more information can be found at http://www.ftdichip.com .