Velleman VM201 Control
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Version 1.3 - January 15, 2023
New option to start the VM201 Control with different Host and Ports in the command line.
Click here to download the 32-bit and 64-bit Windows installer
Description
The VM201 Control software controls the Velleman VM201 Ethernet Relay Board as TCP client.
Host and port are stored in the Windows Registry. Check "Auto-connect to VM201" to let the software automatically connect to the Velleman relay card at program start.
Hit Enter in the Host edit field or hit F12 or Alt+C to connect the VM201 card. If the VM201 requires authentication, you are prompted to enter a username and password (both have a maximum length of 9 characters):
The password can be saved if you wish. The channel names for relay 1 to 8 are read from the card after the connection was established. The names can be changed in the web browser configuration of the card.
Keyboard Shortcuts
| Alt+C | Connect to the VM201 | |
| Alt+D | Disconnect the VM201 | |
| F12 | Connect to the VM201 or disconnect | |
| Alt+X | Exit | |
| F1 | Toggle relay 1 | |
| F2 | Toggle relay 2 | |
| F3 | Toggle relay 3 | |
| F4 | Toggle relay 4 | |
| F5 | Toggle relay 5 | |
| F6 | Toggle relay 6 | |
| F7 | Toggle relay 7 | |
| F8 | Toggle relay 8 | |
| F10 | Switch all relays off |
Command Line Parameters
The VM201 Control can be started with command line parameters if you have more than relay board and want to open more than one instance of the sofware.
Create a desktop shortcut to VM201Control.exe for each instance you want to open. Open properties of the short cut and add the -c host (and optionally the -p port) parameters and values.
| -c | Host | valid IP address |
| -p | Port | valid port |
| -s | one | Option to switch just one relay at one time (toggle) |
| all | Option to switch more than one relay |
Example:
"C:\Program Files\VM201 Control\VM201Control.exe" -c 192.168.188.37 -p 9761
The assumption is that user name and password are equal for all Velleman relay boards.