Rockwell Automation 5720 DriveLogix System - Manual (Page 210)

Publication 20D-UM002C-EN-P - November 2003
9-16 Communicating with Devices on a Serial Link
Configuring user mode
Programming ASCII instructions
The controller supports ASCII instructions to communicate with ASCII
devices. Your RSLogix 5000 programming software CDROM includes
programming examples using ASCII instructions.
For information about using these examples, see the Logix5000 Controllers
Reference Manual, publication 1756-UM001.
This field: Description:
Buffer size Specify the maximum size (in bytes) of the data array you plan to send and receive. The default is 82 bytes.
Termination
characters Specify the characters you will use to designate the end of a line. The default characters are ‘$r’ and ‘$FF’.
Append characters Specify the characters you will append to the end of a line. The default characters are ‘$r’ and ‘$l’.
XON/XOFF Select whether or not to regulate the flow of incoming data. The default is disabled.
Echo mode Select whether or not to echo data back to the device from which it was sent. The default is disabled.
Delete mode Select Ignore, CTR, or Printer for the delete mode. The default is Ignore.