{"id":1685,"date":"2012-04-04T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-04T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.serialporttool.com\/sptblog\/?p=1685"},"modified":"2012-04-04T09:30:00","modified_gmt":"2012-04-04T16:30:00","slug":"how-to-configure-relay-timer-r8x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.serialporttool.com\/GK\/2012\/04\/how-to-configure-relay-timer-r8x\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Configure Relay Timer R8X?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.serialporttool.com\/RelayTimerR8XInfo.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Relay Timer R8X<\/a> <\/strong>is programmable timer software to control relay manually and automatically.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.serialporttool.com\/RelayTimerR8XInfo.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"Relay Timer R8X\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Relay Timer R8X\" src=\"http:\/\/www.serialporttool.com\/sptblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/MainGUI7.png\" width=\"490\" height=\"323\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It works with 8-channel relay controller boards of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.controlanything.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Control Devices<\/a><strong><\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.controlanything.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"Relay Board of National Control Devices\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Relay Board of National Control Devices\" src=\"http:\/\/www.serialporttool.com\/sptblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/image9.png\" width=\"449\" height=\"314\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In order to control your device (relay board) with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.serialporttool.com\/RelayTimerR8XInfo.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Relay Timer R8X<\/a>, be sure to install the application on your PC and then connect the relay board with your PC. You need select the type of your relay board and the connection way. There are two ways for connection, Com Port and Network. <\/p>\n<p>Click <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.serialporttool.com\/sptblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/btnConfig.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"Relay Timer R8X - Configure\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Relay Timer R8X - Configure\" src=\"http:\/\/www.serialporttool.com\/sptblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/btnConfig_thumb.png\" width=\"115\" height=\"31\" \/><\/a><\/strong>button to show the Configuration dialog.<\/p>\n<p>There are two methods for connection, Com Port and Network.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.serialporttool.com\/sptblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/formConfig_2_thumb1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"Relay Timer R8X - Configuration\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Relay Timer R8X - Configuration\" src=\"http:\/\/www.serialporttool.com\/sptblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/formConfig_2_thumb1_thumb.png\" width=\"470\" height=\"464\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.serialporttool.com\/sptblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/formConfig_3_thumb1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"Relay Timer R8X - Configuration\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Relay Timer R8X - Configuration\" src=\"http:\/\/www.serialporttool.com\/sptblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/formConfig_3_thumb1_thumb.png\" width=\"470\" height=\"464\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Select the connection method that the relay board is connected to.<\/p>\n<p>Click <strong>OK<\/strong> to finish setting.<\/p>\n<p>If the connection is available, there will be a arrow show on the status bar to show the data transmission. Now, you can control your relay manually or automatically with schedule setting.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.serialporttool.com\/sptblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/statusBar.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"statusBar\" alt=\"statusBar\" src=\"http:\/\/www.serialporttool.com\/sptblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/statusBar_thumb.gif\" width=\"700\" height=\"24\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Otherwise, \u201cConnection Error!\u201d will be shown on the status bar.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.serialporttool.com\/RelayTimerR8XInfo.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Back to Relay Timer R8X homepage<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Relay Timer R8X is programmable timer software to control relay manually and automatically. It works with 8-channel relay controller boards of National Control Devices. In order to control your device (relay board) with Relay Timer R8X, be sure to install [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[103,118],"class_list":["post-1685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-relaytimer","tag-configuration","tag-relay-timer-r8x"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to Configure Relay Timer R8X? - Serial Port Tool<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.serialporttool.com\/GK\/2012\/04\/how-to-configure-relay-timer-r8x\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Configure Relay Timer R8X? - Serial Port Tool\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Relay Timer R8X is programmable timer software to control relay manually and automatically. 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