bdeditch Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 I have 3 1602's daisey chained. When I run the hardware utility it only finds one unit. No blinking lights on the other 2 units. Tried different com port and it doesn't find any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darryl Lambert Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Trying different comm port is not the answer. Just use the comm port that had the one unit. Did you change the unit id's. When they are shipped they have their unit id's set to #1. So the hardware utility can't tell the difference between the three units. You need to change at least two of them. This is done in the hardware utility. Darryl P.s. Did you try to connect them individually? Also the LED status light should blink ( meaning power ) or steady ( meaning connected ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBullard Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 bdeditch wrote: I have 3 1602's daisey chained. When I run the hardware utility it only finds one unit. No blinking lights on the other 2 units. Tried different com port and it doesn't find any.If they are 1602's, then change the unit IDs via the rotary selecter switches on each board. Do NOT use the Hardware Utility, as the channel change eill not be saved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdeditch Posted November 25, 2009 Author Share Posted November 25, 2009 Sorry its the 1602W's my mistake. I did go in and type in 2 in the box by refesh and I am sure that worked. I guess I figured that it would automatically show all 3 controlers in that box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBullard Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 bdeditch wrote: Sorry its the 1602W's my mistake. I did go in and type in 2 in the box by refesh and I am sure that worked. I guess I figured that it would automatically show all 3 controlers in that box.If you changed the unit ID's via the rotary switches on the 1602 boards, then when you click "refresh" in the Hardware Utility, it should respond with "3 units found" in the first box, and the second box will let you see all the units. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdeditch Posted November 25, 2009 Author Share Posted November 25, 2009 JBullard wrote: bdeditch wrote: Sorry its the 1602W's my mistake. I did go in and type in 2 in the box by refesh and I am sure that worked. I guess I figured that it would automatically show all 3 controlers in that box.If you changed the unit ID's via the rotary switches on the 1602 boards, then when you click "refresh" in the Hardware Utility, it should respond with "3 units found" in the first box, and the second box will let you see all the units.OK I see what you mean I checked the owners manual an seen it on pages 17 & 18. So I would assign 01 to first unit and then 02 to second, etc? I take it each one is set to 01 when it comes out of factory? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Sand Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 bdeditch wrote:OK I see what you mean I checked the owners manual an seen it on pages 17 & 18. So I would assign 01 to first unit and then 02 to second, etc? I take it each one is set to 01 when it comes out of factory?Correct. You can set them to whatever want (other than 00). I try to go in numerical order from start to end of the network, but the system doesn't care how you assign the IDs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdeditch Posted November 25, 2009 Author Share Posted November 25, 2009 Thanks for your help to all. I should have it all going better tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darryl Lambert Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 1602!!!! Sorry I missed that. I better get my eyes checked!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmoore60 Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Also, as an added note. If you change the unit IDs with the controller powered on. You have to turn off the controller and power it on again for the board to read the switches. I suppose you figured that out. But in the future when this thread is found this info will help someone else.Chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-Paul Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Suppose this too should be touched on. To make sure that the far right box (max scan) is set to a number higher that the highest addressed controller. Other wise you might not see some of your controllers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBullard Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 I just keep mine set at F0. It doesn't really add that much more to the scan time. The added bonus is if I have made a mistake in controller addressing, it is real easy to see which one it is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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