Configuration Commands
80-10100000-09
4–11
4.8.3 Altering the Asynchronous Character Length
Asynchronous character lengths of 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 & 12 can be
supported independently on each channel, the character length
counting data, parity, start and stop bits.
The selected character length is displayed in the STATUS screen.
Typing;
1> CHAR
[CR]
displays the selected character length.
To change the character length, use the
set char
command;
1> SET CHAR XX
[CR]
sets the character length for a particular channel
where
XX
is 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12 characters. The following are the
possible combinations of word length possible:-
CHAR 7
5 data
no parity
1 stop
CHAR 8
5 data
no parity
2 stop
5 data
1 parity
1 stop
6 data
no parity
1 stop
CHAR 9
5 data
1 parity
2 stop
6 data
no parity
2 stop
6 data
1 parity
1 stop
7 data
no parity
1 stop
CHAR 10
6 data
1 parity
2 stop
7 data
no parity
2 stop
7 data
1 parity
1 stop
8 data
no parity
1 stop
CHAR 11
7 data
1 parity
2 stop
8 data
no parity
2 stop
8 data
1 parity
1 stop
CHAR 12
8 data
1 parity
2 stop
With older KBU 64 hardware (Issue F or previous), the available
character length is a fixed 10 bits inclusive of start, stop and parity.
