SERIES 8159 SIGNAL CONDITIONER MANUAL
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8.0
OPTIONS
RS232 SERIAL COMMUNICATION OUTPUT
The RS232 transmission is of the displayed reading and is transmitted once every display update,
if the DSR line is TRUE (HIGH). The data format is described below.
1. No parity bit
2. 1 stop bit
3. 8 data bits
The data transmission sequence is described below.
1. Sign: plus or minus (1st word)
2. Magnitude: most significant digit (MSD) first (2nd thru 6th word)
3. Decimal point: exponent (7th word)
4. End of Line (EOL): Control Z (8th word)
Note: Data are transmitted in ASCII characters. The decimal position is transmitted as a power
of 10 exponent in ASCII.
The decimal point as a power of 10 exponent is:
x.xxxx 4 (ASCII)
xx.xxx 3 (ASCII)
xxx.xx 2 (ASCII)
xxxx.x 1 (ASCII)
xxxxx 0 (ASCII)
The baud rate is set by solder jumpers (Reference Figure 6 for location). The following baud
rate with their corresponding solder jumpers are shown below.
Solder
Jumper
Baud
1 2 3 4
Rate
0 1 1 1
600
1 0 0 0
1200
1 0 1 0
2400
1 1 0 0
4800
1 1 0 1
7200
1 1 1 0
9600 (default)
1 1 1 1
19200
"0" = solder jumper ON
"1" = solder jumper removed