Carrier i-Vu Open Link User Manual

Installing the i-Vu® Open Link
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Using a USB Link
1 If your computer does not already have the USB Link driver installed, install it before you connect the USB
Link to your computer.
NOTE The driver is installed with the i-Vu® or Field Assistant v5 or later system. But if needed, you can get
the latest driver from http://www.silabs.com/products/mcu/Pages/USBtoUARTBridgeVCPDrivers.aspx.
2 Connect the laptop to the Local Access port of the controller using the USB Link cable(s).
NOTE If using a USB isolator, plug the isolator into your computer's USB port, and then plug the USB Link
cable into the isolator.
3 Set the controller's Router Config Mode DIP switch.
To communicate in...
Set switch to...
The i-Vu® or Field Assistant application
Off
PuTTY or HyperTerminal
NOTE See To communicating using PuTTY (page
13
)
On
4 Turn the controller's power off, then on again.
To communicate using PuTTY
You can connect a computer to a controller's Local Access port and use PuTTY, a free open source terminal
emulation program, to:
• Set the baud rate for Port S1 on the i-Vu® Open Link
• Set controller properties, such as IP address and network information
• Retrieve a Modstat
PREREQUISITES
• A computer with a USB port
• A USB Link cable
NOTE The USB Link driver is installed with an i-Vu® or Field Assistant v5 or later system. But if needed, you
can get the latest driver from
http://www.silabs.com/products/mcu/Pages/USBtoUARTBridgeVCPDrivers.aspx. Install the driver before
you connect the USB Link to your computer.

Carrier i-Vu Open Link Specifications

General

Brand	Carrier
Model	i-Vu Open Link
Category	Controller
Language	English