Syntax – Rockwell Automation 1746-BAS BASIC LANGUAGE User Manual
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Publication 1746-RM001A-US-P
BASIC Commands 4-13
Syntax
MODE(port name, baud rate, arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5)
Table 4.3 PRT1 and PRT2 Port Parameters
Port Parameters
Selections
Default Settings
baud rate
300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200
1200
arg1 (parity)
None (N), Even (E), Odd (O)
N
arg2 (number of data bits)
7 or 8
8
arg3 (number of stop bits)
1 or 2
1
arg4 (handshaking)
No handshaking (N)
Software handshaking (S)
Hardware handshaking (H)
Hardware and software handshaking (B)
S
arg5 (storage type)
Store information in user ROM and RAM (E)
Store information in battery backed RAM (R)
R
IMPORTANT
If any argument (other than port name and baud rate) is left
blank, then that argument defaults to the previously specified
value for that argument.
Table 4.4 DH485 Port Parameters
Port Parameters
Selections
Default
Settings
baud rate
300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200
19200
arg1 (host node address)
0 to 31
0
arg2 (module node address)
0 to 31
1
arg3 (maximum node address) 1 to 31
31
arg4 (not used)
arg5 (storage type)
Store information in user ROM and RAM (E)
Store information in battery backed RAM (R)
R
IMPORTANT
If any argument (other than port name) is left blank, then that
argument defaults to the previously specified value for that
argument.