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6.3
Serial Connection Setup
Setting the Baud Rate
1.
Select
Serial
ä
Baud Rate
.
2.
Select a baud rate for the connection between the modem and I/O device.
The options range from 1200 to 38400.
Setting the Data Bits
1.
Select
Serial Data Bits
.
2.
Select the number of data bits per byte sent from the I/O device. The
options are
7
or
8
bits per byte.
Setting the Stop Bits
1.
Select
Serial
ä
Stop Bits
.
2.
Select the number of number of bits used to designate the end of a
byte. The options are
1
or
2
bits.
Setting the Transmit Character Timeout
1.
Select
Serial
ä
Transmit Character Timeout
.
2. Enter the expected pause between data strings through the serial port.
The value must be in the range 10
9999 milliseconds.
Setting the Flow Control Option
1.
Select Serial
ä Flow Control.
2.
Select from the following options:
1-None
Do not use flow control.
2-RTS/CTS
Monitor the Ready To Send (RTS) signal to determine
when to send data to the serial device and assert CTS to
tell the serial device when it can send data to the
modem.
3-XON/XOFF Use special ASCII characters to determine when to
send/receive data to/from the serial device.
Setting the DCD Mode
1.
Select Serial
ä DCD Mode.
2.
Select from the following options:
1-Enable
In this mode the modem asserts the DCD line when it is
receiving data over-the-air.
2-Disable
In this mode the modem asserts the line when it is in a
normal operating state and negates the line when it is in a
programming state.