4 serial port configuration – Wegener Communications UNITY 4600 User Manual

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Table 4 below lists the

U4600 front-panel connectors, their types and pinout information.

2.4 Serial Port Configuration

Device
assignments

The

U4600 has one external serial port. A “device” must be assigned once to the serial

port, but no “device” may be assigned more than once. In addition, more than one device
may be assigned at one time but only one device which accepts input may be assigned. (If
multiple devices are assigned to the serial port, the port’s settings are controlled by the
device with higher priority according to the list below.) Device port assignment and device
configuration (see below) may be controlled only from the unit front panel and the network
may disable this capability. The possible devices are:

1. Terminal

2. Modem (“modem” being remote terminal via modem)

3. Local COMPEL

4. Auxiliary Data

5. Printer (including COMPEL

e-mail and reports)

Device
configurations

When a serial port configuration command is received, the specified configuration is
immediately stored for the specified device (e.g. for the “Terminal” device). If a serial port
is currently assigned another device, then its output buffer is immediately flushed and the
port re-configured. Communication is fixed at 1 start, 1 stop, and 8 data bits, with no hard-
ware handshaking. No provision for software handshaking is made in this Release. The
serial port’s behavior for each of its device types is described in the following table.
:

Table 2.5: Front-Panel Connectors

Connector

Designation

Type

Pin

Signal Name

Video Monitor

BNC jack

Composite Video monitor

Audio Monitor

¼” stereo phone jack

Stereo audio headphone monitor, selectable
between audio ports 1 or 2

Table 2.6: Device Configurations

Device

Serial Port Behavior (Italics are Programmable, Bold are Fixed)

Terminal

Configured to 19.2k, N, 8, 1. The unit responds to the terminal commands as
described in 3.4 Operation from Local/Remote Terminal on page 59.

Modem

Configured to B, P, 8, 1. The unit responds to the commands as described in 3.4
Operation from Local/Remote Terminal on page 59.

Aux Data

Configured to B, P, 8, 1. This is an output only (all inputs ignored).

Local
COMPEL

Configured to B, P, 8, 1. This is an input for testing only.

Printer

Configured to B, P, 8, 1. This is an output only.

The legal values for B are: 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19.2k, or 38.4 kilobaud.
The legal values for P are: ‘O’, ‘E’, or ‘N’ for Odd, Even, or No parity.

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