Sending commands via serial

[M1 Installer]

I want to send a command via serial port so I can turn an OUTPUT to ON or OFF I tried using different serial software and I am able to connect to my M1 Gold. I can see updates being displayed on the screen. However, I tried sending a command such as turning OFF output 9, but looks like my M1 is not receiving it. Is there something I need to enable on the M1 so that I’ll be able send via serial connection?

Thanks, Neil

[ELK Tech Support]

Also, do I press Enter key to send the command or do I also include (CR-LF)? Or do I use the hex string 0x0D at the end of the command?

[M1 Installer]

I got it working by adding \r\n at the end but it’s intermittent. I used this command to turn on output 9 0Ecn0090000000D1\r\n from the 2009 serial documentation, the checksum was D8. Someone from a forum told me to use D1 Now, I’m trying to turn off output 9 but this command fails 09cf00900DC\r\n

[M1 Installer]

I got it working. I learned that checksum needs to be calculated. 🙂 I wrote a function in Javascript that will calculate checksum of the string we are planning to send. I’m sharing the code so people can use it too https://goo.gl/UKIiZs

[ELK Tech Support]

You can also use the M1SDK Software Developers Tool to calculate the Check Sum. The Software Developers Tool is available under the Support Tools page.

[M1 Installer]

And for the Python folk: http://pastebin.com/vuT8JsCj

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