PCI Photon 8 Port RS232 Software Installation
Chapter 3 Page 36
5. Flow Control.
6. Advanced - see the section below, titled "Advanced Port
Settings."
7. Restore Defaults - when clicked, resets the selected COM port
to the following values:
Baud Rate:
9600
Data Bits:
8
Parity:
None
Stop Bits:
1
Flow Control:
Hardware
Advanced Port Settings.
When the Advanced button of Port Settings in selected the
following dialogue is displayed:
Settings available in this window are:
1. FIFO settings.
•
Use FIFO Buffers - turns the selected ports FIFO
buffer on or off. It is strongly recommended that the
FIFO for both ports is left enabled.
•
Receive Buffer - These settings allow the selection
of a receiver FIFO trigger setting. Selecting a low
value will lessen the likelihood of data loss due to
overrun errors when Photon 8 Port RS232 cards are
installed in slower host PCs running ports at higher
