Rockwell Automation 1747-WINBAS Software Programming Manual - Manual (Page 28)

Publication 1747-PM001A-EN-P - January 2007
26 Getting Familiar With Your BASIC Interface Software
Status Bar The BASIC software status bar is at the very bottom of the user
window and is divided into five sections.
COM Port Status
COM Port Status has two functions. If you select a standard RS-232
COM port, the window contains the following information:
• Availability of the selected COM port
• Selected COM port
• Communication rate
• Parity
• Number of bits per character
• Number of stop bits
• Type of data flow control used (Xon/Xoff or None)
For example, COM1: 1200 N 8 1 None would indicate that the selected
COM port is COM1 and COM1 is configured for 1200 Kbps, no parity,
8 data bits per character, 1 stop bit, and no flow control. Or, X COM2:
19,200 E 7 2 Xon/Xoff would indicate COM2 was selected at 19,200
bps, with even parity, 7 data bits per character, 2 stop bits and
Xon/Xoff data flow control. However, the X in front of the string
indicates that COM2 is not available.
Button Description
User Help When you move the cursor over any menu item or the tool bar icon, a
description of the function or icon appears.
COM Port Status See COM Port Status section.
Caps Lock Provides capitalization status.
Num Lock Provides numbering status.
Scroll Lock Provides scroll status.