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CHAPTER 6: COMMUNICATIONS
Communicating With The Controller
General
The Burford
®
Model 2200M/2300M Twist Tyer has the ability to communicate with a
terminal or a personal computer which is running a terminal emulation program. When
the tyer's controller detects an unusual situation or an error, the controller sends
diagnostic information to the terminal through its serial port. In addition, the tyer's
controller maintains a record of problems that have occurred. This information can be
called up later and displayed on screen. It is also possible to capture this information into
a text file on the PC. This text file can be viewed or printed at a later time. For these
reasons, it is sometimes desirable to communicate with the tyer's controller.
This section is intended to provide the basic information needed to communicate with the
tyer. It is assumed that you are using a PC and that you have experience with the basic
operation of a PC. In addition to the PC, you need two other items.
1. A communications program to run on the PC.
2. A proper cable for connection between the PC's serial port and the tyer's serial
port on the CPU board.
Communications programs
Before a PC can communicate with the tyer's controller, the PC must be running a
terminal emulation program. Many different programs could be used, but this document
will concentrate on two options, Burford
®
TERMINAL program and the Terminal program
in Microsoft Windows. No matter what program is being used, it must be configured with
the proper settings for the Burford
®
tyer. They are:
Baud Rate 4800 (9600 if using Burford
®
Tyer Prom Version 1.14 or earlier)
Parity Even
Data Bits 8
Stop Bits 1
Com Port Choose whichever serial port on the PC you will be using. This will
usually be COM1