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SECTION
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V530-R160
Operation Manual
SECTION 8
Communication with the Host
Flow Control Settings
Set the flow control and timeout time when communicating in the
Normal
mode with a host such
as a personal computer.
1.
Select
Normal
on the communications speci-
fications setting screen.
The Normal setting screen will be displayed.
2.
Make the settings for each item.
3.
Select
End
.
The setting will be registered and the screen in
1.
will return
.
The asterisk (*) indicates the default setting.
Flow control
Communications are carried out while checking the status of the host. If there is no response from
the host for longer than the set timeout time, a timeout error occurs, and an error message is dis-
played on the screen.
The parallel I/O error signal also turns ON.
Set Items and their details
Item
Selection
Flow control
None*
No flow control is performed.
If using the save and load commands (@CS, @CL,
etc.), select
None
.
Xon/Xoff
The software performs flow control. Data is transmitted in
accordance with the
Xon
/
Xoff
code sent from the host.
Timeout
Set the number of seconds (1 to 120 seconds) before a timeout error occurs.
(1 to 120 s; default setting: 5 s)
