PowerLogic ION6200

[BS1965]

Did anybody work with PowerLogic ION6200 power meter? I tried to communicate with that instrument through RS485 and so far no lack. Does somebody have samples of source code so I can get an idea how to start it?  I'm working on the LabView 8. The power meter is connected to the PC through USB_RS485 cable.

Thanks a lot in advance.

[smercurio_fc]

The first place to start is to verify that it works by using a serial terminal program like HyperTerminal on Windows, or, say, minicom, on *nix. If you can't get it to work with that, then it won't work with LabVIEW. Have you tried that? The manual should have some basic commands to try. Do you have that?

[BS1965]

No I did not. But I will. That instrument is using standart ModBus RTU protocol. I'm not sure is HyperTerminal can do that.

[smercurio_fc]

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BS1965 wrote:
That instrument is using standart ModBus RTU protocol.

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Oh, well that's different. HyperTerminal won't be able to handle that. I would suggest familiarizing yourself with the ModBus protocol here: Introduction to MODBUS.You can also download a free Modbus library for LabVIEW.