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Wrap Around
is an ON/OFF toggle to set whether the incoming data will wrap (overwrite) the oldest data in the
file should it become full. Default setting is OFF.
Record Stamping
displays a menu that allows you to select whether the Date/Time and/or the Site Name are
pre-pended to each incoming data string. Default setting for Date/Time Stamping and Site Name Stamping is
OFF.
Character Masking
is an ON/OFF toggle to enable the character mask. The character mask allows you to block
most non-printing ASCII characters. Specifically, the following ASCII character values are blocked: 0, 1, 4-9, 11,
12, 14-31, and 128-255. Default setting is ON.
Data Alarm Enable
is an ON/OFF toggle to enable data alarm monitoring for this port. Default setting is OFF.
Store Data To
displays a menu that toggles ON/OFF whether the data received on this port should be stored to each
of the available files or not. All files set to ON will be displayed on this menu. By default, FILEx is the only one set to
ON, where x is the same number as the serial port.
Store Alarms During Pass-Through
is an ON/OFF toggle to determine whether data strings that meet data
alarm criteria are stored in the Events File when a pass-through session is active on this port. Default setting is
OFF.
Duplex (I/O 2 only)
toggles between FULL and HALF. Full duplex causes the unit to echo all characters sent to
the connected terminal when in COMMAND mode. Half duplex turns off character echo. Default setting is FULL.
Inactivity Timeout (I/O 2 only)
is the time (1 - 255 minutes) before a serial connection with no activity will be
terminated. A setting of 0 means an inactive connection will not be terminated. Default setting is 0.
Port Mode
sets the port function.
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I/O 1
toggles between DATA, ACCESS READER, and ESBUS. DATA configures the port as an
inbound RS232 data port. ACCESS READER does not currently set I/O1 to do anything and
should not be used. ESBUS configures the port to communicate with external RS485 Asentria
EventSensors. (This requires the use of an RS232-RS485 adapter). Default setting is DATA.
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I/O 2
toggles between COMMAND and DATA. COMMAND allows for serial command processor
access. DATA configures the port as an inbound RS232 data port. Default setting is COMMAND.
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I/O n
for all other serial I/O ports is set to DATA and cannot be changed.
Strip Sent Pass-Through LFs
is an ON/OFF toggle to enable the stripping of linefeeds on passthrough data
sent
out
of the S530. Default setting is OFF.
Strip Received Pass-Through LFs
is an ON/OFF toggle to enable the stripping of linefeeds on passthrough data
received
by the S530. Default setting is OFF.
displays the Multiline Record Settings menu.
Data Type
toggles between ASCII and BINARY to indicate the type of data being collected on this port. Default
setting is ASCII.
Change ETX to CR/LF
is an ON/OFF toggle to set whether ETX characters in the incoming data should be
converted to CR/LF characters. Default setting is OFF.
Multiline Record Settings
SiteBoss 530 - Serial Port 1 Multiline Record Settings
A) Multiline Record Enable [OFF]
B) Blank Line Count [0]
C) Complex Multiline Detection [OFF]
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