ION 7300 CONFIGUATION USING SERIAL + ION 7403 CONFIGUATION USING SERIAL OR Ethernet

[msamiryusuf]

Dear  Sir ,

what is the best way to communicate using RS-485 communication with ION 7300 , and please recommend for me the best  test equipment to use it for communicate with ION 7330 device 

is MOXA USB TO SERIAL (RS-485) is sufficient?

Please note that there is no ethernet interface.

as well what is the best way to communicate with ION 7403, is it Ethernet or Serial and in case of serial please recommend for me the best  test equipment to use it for communicate with ION 7403 device 

is MOXA USB TO SERIAL (RS-485) is sufficient?

please note that  i dont have display for both models , is there any solutions?

Regards ,

[Charles_Murison · Accepted solution]

Hello @msamiryusuf 

ION7300 series, these meters are obsolete. There is limited support. Without Ethernet connection serial is your only option. Without a display may be hard to determine the protocol of the serial ports. Could be ION, could be modbus or others. If ION, you could possibly use the software ION Setup (https://www.se.com/ca/en/download/document/ION_Setup_Latest_Release/)

ION7400 series, recommend using Ethernet. If you connect to the meter directly to a computer and run Wireshark or other packet capture software, you will see the meter send and ARP message that includes it's IP address. From this you can use ION Setup to configure the device.

Regards,

Charles