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<< Click to Display Table of Contents >> COM Port Settings |
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When an instrument is being manually defined it is assigned to a COM port, Baud rate and data bits/parity/stop bits.
These settings can be changed afterwards:
| • | During Edit mode using the Setup COM Ports menu command on the Setup menu. |
| • | Or during Runtime mode using the Setup COM Ports menu command on the Options menu, shown below: |
Baud Rate
If the baud rate is known, set it appropriately.
If there is any uncertainty as to the baud rate used by the instrument, leave it set to the default shown.
Parity
The Driver settings will be the factory defaults for the selected protocol.
If your instrument is set to other than factory defaults, specify the Data bits, Parity and Stop Bits you need.
For further details click the Variables List tool, select the instrument's name and click Properties, then click Address Help.
This box also allows Driver Commands to be set. In this example 'T=5' means that the timeout for reading a value over comms is set to 5 tenths of a second, 'R=1' means that it will retry once.
There are many other Driver Commands, such as setting DEBUG levels. However, these are best discussed with a SpecView Representative.