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The Communication Screen
Select the
Communication
tab to view and configure any communication parameters, including
broadcast modes – see Figure 6.8. The 1094B Utility software reads from and configures either
COM1 or COM2.
Select from a number of pre-configured broadcast messages, or two custom broadcast messages,
which may be created through the scripting as described in Section 10.3.2.
Figure 6.8: Communication Settings Screen
DEFINITIONS
COM Port Configuration:
Allows for configuring COM Port parameters using this software
utility; Sets baud rate, word length, parity and stop bits. 1094B ports do not use flow control.
Broadcast Configuration:
Set Message Type according to the list of configured broadcast
messages. Custom messages may also be configured. Set broadcast rate and broadcast time
reference to either UTC or Local. To review information on customizing a broadcast string, see
Section 10.3.1.
To review the actual custom string codes as they exists in the Model 1094B, use the mCB
command in a terminal window, where m = 0 for Custom 1 and m = 1 for Custom 2.