Rice Lake 920i USB Installation Manual V5.05 User Manual

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920i Installation Manual

DEVICE
(Port 2 - only
if USB is
installed)

AUTO
NODEVICE
HOSTPC
PRINTER1
PRINTER2
KEYBOARD
DRIVE

Selects the target USB device to be used. AUTO automatically detects the device.

NODEVICE is used for iRite programming and for safely removing a flash drive.

HOSTPC is used when connecting directly to a PC. The PC will automatically assign a virtual
comm port. Check PC settings to determine which port is assigned.

PRINTER1 is used if one printer is connected. PRINTER2 is used only if a USB hub is
connected, allowing for more than one Type-B connection. In this scenario, the lowest printer
ID# will be Printer1.

KEYBOARD supports USB keyboards.

DRIVE supports USB 2.0 flash drives formatted to the Fat 32 or Fat 16 file system.

ECHO

ON
OFF

Specifies whether characters received by the port are echoed back to the sending unit.

EOLDLY

0
0–255

End-of-line delay. Sets the delay period, in 0.1-second intervals, from when a formatted line is
terminated to the beginning of the next formatted serial output. Value specified must be in the
range 0-255, in tenths of a second (10 = 1 second).

HANDSHK

OFF
XONOFF
HRDWAR

Specifies whether XON/XOFF flow control characters or hardware handshaking is used.

Hardware handshaking is available only on Port 2.

PORTTYPE

232
485
422

Specifies whether Port 4 is used for RS-232, RS-485, or RS-422 communications. If 485 is
selected, additional prompts are shown to specify half- or full-duplex operation and RS-485
address.

Note

RS-485 communications is compatible with iQUBE

2

. It can be specified for

Port 4, and for odd numbered expansion ports 5 and higher.

RESPONSE

ON
OFF

Specifies whether the port transmits replies to serial commands.

SFMT

format

Specifies the stream format used for the streamed data (SCALE or IND SC scale types). The
default format is the Consolidated Controls format (see Section 11.8 on page 123). See
Section 11.6 on page 118 for information about custom stream formatting.

SOURCE

source_scale

If STREAM is set to a value other than OFF, SOURCE specifies the source scale for data
streamed from the port.

STOP BITS

2
1

Selects number of stop bits transmitted or received by the port.

STREAM

OFF
LFT
INDUST

Specifies what data, if any, is streamed from the port.

LFT streams data at the display rate specified by the DSPRATE parameter on the FEATURE
menu (see page 45).

INDUST streams data at the A/D update rate specified by the SMPRATE parameter on the
SCALES menu (see page 28).

Note

Streaming is not supported for RS-485 connections.

TERMIN

CR/LF
CR

Termination character. Selects termination character for data sent from the port.

TOKENS

PRIMAR
SECNDR
TERTIA
GROSS
INVALID
MOTION
ZERO
NET
OK
RANGE
TARE

If STREAM is set to LFT or INDUST, the TOKENS parameter can be used to replace tokens
used in the data stream from the indicator front panel. See Section 11.6 on page 118 for more
information about custom stream formatting.

SERIAL Menu

Parameter

Choices

Description

Table 3-6. Serial Menu Parameters (Continued)

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