Defining the serial port – Rockwell Automation 5370-UPK CVIM USER-PAK Option User Manual

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Chapter 6

Creating Custom Serial Port Messages

6–5

during setup to test the results of your current string text entry, and to test
your serial port connections and configuration as well.

To transmit the currently selected string:

Pick the

Transmit Now

box on the

Define String

menu.

Define String box

Transmit Now box

The transmitted string will not contain any results data, since no inspection
has been completed. Therefore any data fields in the transmitted string are
filled with zeros (0). Also, the string will be repeated according to the
defined

Repeat String

parameters.

You can access two features regarding serial port definition by picking the

Define Serial Port

box to display the

Define Serial Port

menu:

Serial Port A selected

Define Serial Port menu

Defining the Serial Port

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