Bay Technical Associates DS72 - Manual (Page 18)

DS72 HOST MODULE OWNER’S MANUAL
DETAILED OPERATION AND CONFIGURATION
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Select #3, “Port Device Name,” followed by <cr>. The DS72 module
responds:
Module 1 Serial Port Configuration :
Port Device
Name Baud
Rate Word
Size Stop
Bits Parity Xon/
Xmit Xoff/
Recv Line
DTR Drive
RTS
1 EIA-232 9600 8 1 None Off Off High High
Enter Port Device Name (Max. 16 characters):
or press ENTER for no change ...........:
Enter a new port device name up to 16 characters. For example, if you are
using multiple DS units on a network, and you want to name the host device
Southeast Region, type "SE REGION" followed by <cr>. The module
responds:
Module 1 Serial Port Configuration :
Port Device
Name Baud
Rate Word
Size Stop
Bits Parity Xon/
Xmit Xoff/
Recv Line
DTR Drive
RTS
1 SE REGION 9600 8 1 None Off Off High High
Enter Port Device Name (Max. 16 characters):
or ENTER for no change ...........:
PORT SELECT The Port Select Code is an ASCII character string sent by the host terminal
CODE to the DS72 module to select an I/O port on a DS74 peripheral module. The
Port Select Code can range from 1 to 8 characters and is user programmable.
Default Port Select Code is $BT.
From the configuration menu, select #4, “Port Select Code,” followed by
<cr>. The host module displays the current port select code and asks if you
want to change:
Port Select Code is................$BT
Change It ? (Y/N) :
Type "Y" to change the port select code, followed by <cr>. The host module
responds:
Enter Port Select Code (Max. 8 characters):
Enter a new port select code followed by <cr>. For example, if you want to
identify the port select code as “BAYTECH,” type BAYTECH followed by
<cr>. The DS72 module displays the new port select code and asks if you
want to change.
Port Select Code is................BAYTECH
Change It? (Y/N):
If there are no additional changes, type "N" for no, followed by <cr>. The
DS72 module stores the new port select code permanently in non-volatile
memory and returns to the configuration menu.