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USB Power 8840 Manual

Date : 2013 June

Version :1.0

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Index

Introduction ................................................................................................................... 3

Features ................................................................................................................ 3

Minimum System Inquire.................................................................................... 3

SPEC..................................................................................................................... 4

Package ................................................................................................................ 5

Interface ........................................................................................................................ 6

Installation .................................................................................................................... 7

Hardware .............................................................................................................. 7

Connect device 8840 ...................................................................................... 7

To control the device power ： ................................................................. 8

Software ................................................................................................................ 8

Installation Procedure ................................................................................. 8

Software Interface ............................................................................................. 10

Date & Time................................................................................................ 10

Control button ............................................................................................ 10

Function ...................................................................................................... 10

Schedule ..................................................................................................... 10

Stop Watch ................................................................................................. 12

Setup ........................................................................................................... 13

Demo ........................................................................................................... 13

Log ............................................................................................................... 14

Exit ............................................................................................................... 15

IR Remote Controller ................................................................................................ 15

SDK ( USB CDC emulation mode) ......................................................................... 15

USB CDC emulation mode . ............................................................................ 15

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Introduction

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USB Power 8840 is a 8 Channel USB Relay Module. Do not need any USB protocol

knowledge to control and support IR remote controller.

User can control 8 independent port and each output can switch up to 10A loading. With

Scheduler , Demo , LOG , USB Power 8840 supports simple operation commands to control

relay and read the relay status of USB 8840, when attach to a computer / notebook , it will

automatically show up as a serial port and allows you to control through a serial terminal

software like HyperTerminal or Putty. This board can easily be controlled by writing simple

serial port application through our provided SDK.

Features

Control through USB or RS232 by PC software

Control 8 outputs 12V DC relay On or Off

Hardware connect as NC- Normal Close or NO- Normal ON .

Individual output relay support loading to 10A & total 8 ports up to 80A

Individual control through IR remote controller

Scheduler - Timer control

LOG system information

Support SDK ( USB CDC mode ) – command under hyper terminal/ putty directly .

as 2nd

developing

Minimum System Inquire

PC / Notebook with Windows OS like WIN 7 , VISTA or XP .

USB 2.0 / 1.1.

Microsoft .NET Framework Version 3.5 or above

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SPEC.

Power In : 9V~12VDC /1A

There are 2 power in source on USB Power 8840. Please choose one power in ONLY :

- Green Terminal Jack OR Black DC jack

NOTE : DO NOT POWER IN 2 source at same time.

Wrongdoing on using mixed sources will cause the warranty invalid

Power Consume : 500mA at 12V ( PCB only )

Relay SPEC : 240VAC / 28V DC

N.O .Maximum Current : 10Amp

N.C. Maximum Current : 5Amp

Power IN Cable : Max. AWG14

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Package

8840 x 1

USB Cable ( Male –Male) For connect with PC

IR Remote Controller For 8840 only

CD With Driver , Manual and Software

Option :

8840-D Din Rail Stand :

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Interface

Power Source

9V~12V DC, 1A

Choose one power in source only . Either

＊12V Power Line in : Green jack.

OR

＊DC Power In : Black jack.

Output

8 ports : Can connect as Normal Close or

Normal Open

Normal Close- NC : Max 5A per output

Normal Open- NO : Max 10A per output

USB jack : Connect to PC.

Do Not connect RS232 at same time.

RS232 jack : Connect to PC RS232 port

Do Not connect RS232 at same time.

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Installation

Hardware

1.) Connect power line with 8840

Notice :

There are 2 power source. Please choose one only as power source .

DO NOT input more than ONE power in .

Either Green Terminal jacks or Black DC jack

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2.) Connect 8840 with PC by USB cable.

Connect device 8840

Notice ：

1) First, connect the power line of your controlled deice to 8840. Make sure that

you would like to connect as N.C. or N.O. .

Max. current spec :

N.C. ( Normal Close) : 5V per output

N.O. ( Normal Open) : 10V per output

Relay status / Command OFF ON

Normal Open (N.O.) Disconnect Connect

Normal Close (N.C.) Connect Discount

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To control the device power ：

Be care the power line if you would like to control CITY power ( AC current )

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Notice : Do not control the power over our SPEC . Especially control the electricity device

with higher power loading .

Software

Installation Procedure

1. Please make sure that your PC had install .NET . Or please go to here to

download before install USB Power 8840 . :

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=21

2. After install .NET, please put the CD in your CD ROM and it will execute

AUTORUN. file or you can open by Windows . Please use web browser “ IE

“ to open the CD.

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4. Then go to Manual USB Series USB Power 8840 to Download the

driver “ USB Net Power Driver” and the software “USB Power 8840.exe “ into

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your hard disk .

Software : USB Power 8840.exe

8840 Driver: USB Net Power Driver .

5. Connect the 8840 power and the USB port of 8840 power to PC . PC will show

up “ Detect New Hardware” , then select the 8840 driver and install .

6. After install the driver, you can get “Aviosys Port (COM X) in Ports (COM&

LPT) device manager as following .

Control Panel System Device manager Ports(COM& LPT) Aviosys Port (COM X)

4.) After confirm the 8840 had shown in Device Manager , please execute the software

“USB Power 8840.exe “ and you will get as following :

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Software Interface

Date & Time

USB Power 8840 will auto- sync the time of your PC. User can apply for schedule control ON

or OFF . .

Control button

Control each output turn On or turn OFF. User can just click the light ball picture to control the

output 1~ 8 turn ON or OFF.

As 12V power in and USB cable connect to USB Power 8840 device ,

all the LED light on board is “ON” .

Light “ON” means the relay is not change status ( As H/W connection at N.C. or N.O.).

Light “OFF” means the relay status changed .

H/W Connect / Light

Light ON Light OFF

N.C. - Normal Close Connect Disconnect

N.O. –Normal Open Disconnect Connect

Note : “ Light “ means the LED on board & and the Light Ball sign in software AP

Function

There are several function in this section : Schedule , Stop watch, Setup , Demo , LOG , Exit

and Control All.

Schedule

User can make schedule control , turn ON or OFF at assigned time .

Note : For this function, PC and software need to be available all the time and do not go to

sleep mode .

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Type or Select the date to control . Select Control Port , Time , command ( ON/OFF) .

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Create Add Event

Set Start date , Time , Select Control Port then press Add button to create the event.

Edit Event

Choose the event you would like to edit , then change the Start date , Time , Select

Control Port . After change , please press Edit button to save the change.

Delete Event

Choose the event you would like to delete then press Del button to delete.

Del All

Press Del All button to delete all event in list . There is a wizard pop up for double confirm

purpose..

Stop Watch

Auto control ON/OFF setting. If there is routine ON / OFF, user can use this function.

00: 00:00 means

Hour : Minutes : Second s. ( Not less than 5 second )

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For Example :

Setup “ ON: 00:00:05 “ + “ OFF : 08:00:00 “ + Repeat

Means that it turn ON in 5 seconds ( Aa NO – connect ), and turn off after 8 hours

( As NO – Disconnect ) ,then repeat this action.

Note : Please do nto setup Scheudle & Stop Watch on same port .

Setup

In Setup section , user can change the name of each output , and also assign the

ON/OFF status after 8840 power reboot by enable “Save power status”.

If select “ Save power status” , the outlets status will be the last status as device power off.

If no select “ Save power status” , the outlets status will be the default status as device power

turn ON to ON ( All LED light turn ON as device power ON ) .

Demo

Choose Demo mode , user can setup turn ON by sequence or at the same time .

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One by One :

For example ：Set up as 5 seconds means each outlet turn ON for 5 seconds and then turn

off in turns.

5s 0s 5s 0s 5s 0s

Out 1 On Out1 Off Out 2 On Out2 Off…….….Out 7 On Out 7 Off

Out 8 On Out 8 Off Out 1 On Out1 Off………………….and so on .

All

For example ： Set up as 10 seconds . Each outlet will turn on for 10 seconds in turns then

turn off for 10 seconds in turns then turn on again .

10s 10s

Out 1~8 On in turns────＞ Out 1~8 Off in turns ────＞Out 1~8 On in turns

＊ Please do not work with function “Schedule” or “Stop Watch “ at same time .

Log

USB 8840 will AUTO save the changes record. User can open the directory saving

LOG file by press this LOG button. The LOG file is saved per day.

To save long tim information , the PC and software need to be available all the time and do not

go to sleep mode .

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Exit

To turn off the AP and app setting function . Include Schedule , demo or Stop watch.

And there is Warning message while press Exit button.

IR Remote Controller

There is 1 remote controller for USB 8840.

Just only use #1~#8 button. Button #1~#8 is for output 1~ 8.

Please do not work with our software “USB Power 8840.exe”.

SDK ( USB CDC emulation mode)

For user to arrange own development :

Developing environment: :

- VB.NET 2008

- Microsoft NET. Framework Version 3.5

- Microsoft office access 2007

USB CDC emulation mode .

Please refer the setting as following :

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1. First , make sure that the 8840 is connect with your PC. Please go to

Control Panel System Device manager Ports(COM& LPT) Aviosys Port (COM X)

2. Then open Hyper terminal to connect with 8840.

Start All programs Accessories Communication Hyper terminal

* There is no Hyper terminal program in WIN 7. Please use other serial software like Putty .

Select the COM port 8840 use .

3. Setup “ Bits per second” as 19200 and “ Flow control” as NONE. Then press OK to log in .

After go into the command windows, please press “ enter “ key to get all the command .

[Command ]

1.p[1~8]=0(OFF)/1(ON)

ex. p1=0 --> set p1 as Off。

2.readio --> response the status of p1~8 .

3. Key “ ? “or Key "Enter" --> response the command list .

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