Chapter 3
Menu Configuration
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Baud Rate
Default: 9600 baud for all three ports.
Options: Host and LAN: 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19.2K, and 38.4K.
Aux Port options: 2400, 4800, 9600, and 19.2K.
Number of bits transmitted per second.
Note:
Due to timing considerations, polled modes require 2400 baud or faster.
Parity
Default: Even
Options: Even, Odd, None.
Error detection routine in which one data bit in each character is set to 1 or
0 so that the total number of 1 bits in the data field is even or odd.
Stop Bits
Default: One
Options: One,
Two
Last one or two bits in each character to indicate the end of the character.
Data Bits
Default: Seven
Options: Seven,
Eight
Number of bits in each character.
RS-422
Default: RS-232
Options: RS-232,
RS-422
Used only in Point-to-Point protocol, and not with RTS or CTS. RS-422 is
not used with Aux Port. (See appendix F, “Interface Standards,” for an
explanation of RS-422.) When RS-422 is disabled, RS-232 is enabled. An
exception to this is that whenever Multidrop or User Defined Multidrop is
selected, the functioning standard is RS-485 regardless of the displayed
status of RS-422 in the menus.
Aux Mode
Default: Enabled
Options: Enabled, Disabled
(Aux Port only)
Used only when connected to the Aux Port (labeled “MONITOR” on the con-
centrator). Aux Mode can be used for menu configuration (see serial com-
mands), device status monitoring, and for displaying host messages.
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