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Harold SimpsonJanuary 24, 2021 at 1:12 amPost count: 0
Greetings,
I am a controls engineer by trade. I find your product (especially the models with communication) are, or shall I say COULD be very useful indeed in the industrial world. The only thing missing is an RS-485 option board to go with the models that support Modbus communication.Bluetooth and USB are simply not supported in industrial controls. RS-485 is (as is Ethernet or Modbus/TCP). It would be a compliment to your line of power supplies if this could be developed.
As a side note, even knowing the communications wiring and signals between the power supply and existing USB and bluetooth boards would be a great help so we can at least spec and add the appropriate converter. Would at least this much information be available from your company for those of us whos only option is RS-485?
Harold SimpsonJanuary 24, 2021 at 5:34 pmPost count: 0harold t simpsonJanuary 27, 2021 at 1:55 amPost count: 0Well I got my RS-485 board. The wire is too big diameter to go through the holes for them on the power board. I After about an hour I got the wires soldered just on the solder pads on the power supply. This would NOT be an “industrial solution”. Even to get this much I had to cut ~5 strands off the wire. I guess based on this, maybe an RS-485 with at least the TTL connection wire diameter to fit through the solder pad holes on the power supply board would still be a nice option.
This is a shame as your product is otherwise terrific so far.
harold t simpsonJanuary 27, 2021 at 2:55 amPost count: 0harold t simpsonJanuary 28, 2021 at 2:37 amPost count: 0Harold SimpsonJanuary 28, 2021 at 2:51 pmPost count: 0Hello
We think it should be #200230, https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MS3NEAE?ref=myi_title_dp
This item indeed doesn’t have cummunication feature.
Best regards.
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