Gerber P2C™ 1600 Cutters
User’s Manual
Interface
4-2
2. The cutter’s default settings are as follows:
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Baudrate
: 9600 (see 2.3.8.)
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Data Bits
: 8
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Parity
: None (see 2.3.9.)
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Stop Bits : 2
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Flow Control : Hardware
4.2.2 SERIAL INTERFACE CONNECTOR ON THE CUTTER
RS-232C Serial Interface Connector
Pin n°
Signal
Description
1
NC
Not Connected
2
RXD
Receive Data
3
TXD
Transmit Data
4
DTR
Data Terminal Ready
5
GND
Signal ground
6
NC
Not connected
7
RTS
Request To Send
8
CTS
Clear To Send
9
NC
Not Connected
4.2.3 AVAILABLE SERIAL SIGNALS
If you are making your own cable, only a few of the cutter’s pins will actually
need to be connected to the host computer. To ensure optimal results, the
cable length should not exceed 4.8 m (16 feet). It should be taken into
account that your computer or cutting software may also require additional
loopback connections at the host computer's end of the data cable.
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Connect the computer’s Transmit Data (TXD) pin to pin # 2 on the cutter.
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Connect the computer’s Receive Data (RXD) pin to pin # 3 on the cutter.
•
For hardware handshaking, connect the computer’s Clear To Send (CTS)
pin to pin # 4 or pin # 7 on the cutter. Connect the computer’s Request To
Send (RTS) pin to pin # 8 on the cutter.
•
Connect the computer’s ground (GND) pin to pin # 5 on the cutter.
