Woodward: LS-512-1/P1 8440-2181

Product number: 8440-2181

Manufacturer product number: 8440-2181

Description: woodward: LS-512-1 V2. 1A, Multibreaker Control for complex power management applications

Connect ToolKit and the LS-5 Unit

For configuration of the unit via ToolKit please proceed as follows:

1. Connect the null modem communications cable between your laptop/PC and the DPC cable. Plug the

null modem cable into the RS-232 serial port of the DPC cable and the other side to a serial COM port

of the laptop/PC. If the laptop/PC does not have a serial port to connect the null modem cable to, use a

USB to serial adapter. Now connect the DPC cable to the LS-5.

2. Open ToolKit via Windows Start menu -> Programs -> Woodward -> ToolKit x.x

3. From the main ToolKit window, click File then select “Open Tool”…, or click the Open Tool icon

on the tool bar.

4. Locate and select the desired tool file (*.WTOOL) in the ToolKit data file directory and click Open.

5. From the main ToolKit window, click Device then click “Connect”, or select the Connect icon  on

the toolbar.

6. The connect dialog window will open if the option is enabled.

Select the COM port that is connected to the communication cable.

b. Click the “Connect” button.

7. The identifier of the device that ToolKit is connected to, will display in the status bar.

8. If the Communications window opens, select “ToolConfigurator” under Tool Device and close the Com

munications window.

9. If the device is security enabled, the Login dialog will appear.

10. Now you are able to edit the LS-5 parameters in the main window. Any changes made are written to the

control memory automatically.

SID Files for Using ToolKit on the CAN Bus With Other CANopen Devices

If a PC with ToolKit is connected to the LS-5 via a CAN bus, the baud rate of the LS5 and Toolkit must be at the

same value. Additionally the heartbeat time (9120) of the LS5 must be configured greater than 0.

View LS-5 Data with ToolKit

The following figure shows an example visualization screen of ToolKit:

Navigation through the various visualization and configuration screens is performed by clicking on

the  and  icons, by selecting a navigation button (e.g.  ), or by selecting a screen from the drop-down

list to the right of the arrow icons.

It is possible to view a trend chart of up to eight values with the trending tool utility of ToolKit. The following

figure shows a trending screen of the measured battery voltage value:

Each visualization screen provides for trending of monitored values by right-clicking on a value and selecting the

“Add to trend” function. Trending is initiated by clicking on the Start button. Clicking the Export… button will

save the trend data to a Comma Separated Values (CSV) file for viewing, editing or printing with office software,

like Microsoft Excel, etc. The Properties… button is used to define high and low limits of the scale, sample rate,

displayed time span and color of the graph.