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ANDONT Stack LED Andon Tower Lights,Industrial Warning Lights
Operation steps:
1. Plug the light into the USB port.
2. View My Computer-right-click Management, System Tools-Device Manager, double-click the port (COM and LPT), and view the COM serial port number.
3. Open the USB three-color light debugging driver-commassistant.exe (you can also use other serial port debugging tools)
4. Select the COM serial port (whatever COM number you checked in the first step, select it here), serial port baud rate:
9600, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity bit. Check the hexadecimal system, send the corresponding code on the left to the blank area (note that there are spaces in the middle of each group of hexadecimal systems), click Send, and you can control the color and buzzer. (In practical applications, customers can make their own serial port tool and automatically send codes to control the desired effect)
5. After the test is OK, close the software and unplug the USB.
(Note: The status of each color can be controlled individually. After sending the control, you need to send the light-off signal again, and the corresponding color will turn off the light. The flashing frequency of all colors and buzzers is once per second.)
Introduction:
1. Exquisite structure, simple and beautiful, high cost performance;
2. the overall heat dissipation is good, to ensure product life;
3. can adjust the volume, function;
4. multiple colors can be freely combined.
- WARNING: PLEASE CONFIRM INPUT VOLTAGE BEFORE WIRING, AND ENSURE THE POWER IS DISCONNECTED
K.G.
Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2024
This is a review for the USB Stack LED Andon Tower Lights with Buzzer. While it is somewhat of a specialty product, it performs exactly as advertised! I started off by piping commands on a Linux host to the serial device, then the same on a Raspberry Pi. All lights lit properly in solid or flashing mode and the beeper/buzzer sounded as expected. The lights were incredibly crisp and visible from a distance even in a well lit room. All of the serial commands worked flawlessly once I hashed out the meaning of the wording for the beeping options.I plan to use the device to throw visual warnings from monitoring systems on a Raspberry Pi, and ended up writing a little Python script to store command files for each light mode/method, and send them via serial.
Greg K.
Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2024
I have to start by saying that I love this little thing, but for reasons that won't translate to a very wide audience. It's a piece of plastic with a USB cable without any manual controller. I personally don't agree with the description that it's "fashionable" - I won't be mounting this on the wall in a prominent place. If I ran a warehouse and wanted to guide forklift traffic, I could mount it near an intersection to guide traffic, but there's stll the little detail of making it work.Therein lies the core reason why I love it: with a Raspberry Pi, or some other system where you can control a USB port, it's programmatically possible to activate the lights. It takes a 5V connection, which is, conveniently, what a USB port provides for power. On my Debian system it mounts as /dev/ttyUSB0 and you can set the communiation channel with "stty -F /dev/ttyUSB0 9600 cs8 -cstopb -parenb".From there it's possible to send Hex codes from the command line like this: "echo -e 'xA0x01x00xA1' >/dev/ttyUSB0" You can make a light be steady on, flash, or off, and you can do that with all three lights simultaneously. There's also a beep you can turn on and off. My personal project goal is to grab some data, like weather conditions and the short term forecast, and then translate that into a pattern that indicates current conditions and the short-term forecast.That's why I love it - it's a project toy. There are some oddities about it and it comes with no documentation. If you buy it, print out the product description so you have a copy of the Hex codes! There are a couple of sentences with it that are the key to making it work. It leverages a buffer and I haven't quite figured out the right path to turning things on and off reliably (there's a sequence I need to crack).The hardware itself is decent enough as in it doesn't feel cheap, but it's plastic so don't hang something important from it. Also, the plastic base doesn't have a molded channel for the USB cable. If I mount this to a wall , I'll need to carve out some of the plastic so the base doesn't bite into the cable (there's a place at the base they thinner so you can make a notch). I wish they'd done that and provided just a little better documentation on how to send it signals.
Random Customer
Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2024
This USB Stack LED Andont Tower Lights with Buzzer, Industrial Warning Lights, Column Tower Lights(NOT 24VDC, 3 Layer, with Buzzer)This unit requires some kind of PC/tablet connected via USB to operate.It is USB powered AND it REQUIRES the use of a "serial port debugging tool" to control it by sending hexadecimal code series to the com port the USB cord of this unit is hooked up to. All done through a clunky "serial port debugging tool". The mfg directs you to "Open the USB three-color light debugging driver-commassistant.exe " so I looked it up before I d/l or install and could NOT FIND it. What I did find was a bunch of warnings regarding virus and malware abuse of similar system comm tools by them dastardly hackers. So, gave up on that and am currently trying to hardwire / bypass the circuit board and control directly from relays. The printed PCB board internals say USB on them, so I am certain I will need relays to hardwire / operate from a standard 24V control structure.Gave 4 stars just bc it is a well made unit with integral mounting bracket. Now if I can only McGyver it without using hexadecimal codes from an open com port.NOTE: edited og review as supplier had listed as a 24V device. They have edited the listing, and I would give 5 stars for fit and finish, but the clunky, nay, kludgy USB "serial port debugging" control architecture keeps it at 4 stars.*** NOTE TO ANDONT *** ditch the USB control, make it 24V, wire a single supply wire to the + side of each stage (including buzzer), return on a single common, let the light operate by a plc or hand switch or whatever control a relay OUTSIDE and independent of your unit. You will sell a ton of these "basic" units to not only hobbyists, but also in the industrial / commercial market.Also, I bet you could do this basic package at a lower cost.Let me know if you build this basic unit?
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