PSC Falcon PT40, Product Reference Manual

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Programming Parameters
E-12
Falcon
®
PT40
Serial Parameters
The PT40 is pre-configured at the factory with the parameter settings for serial
communications found in
Table E-7
.
Table E-7. Default Parameter Settings for Serial Communications
Table E-8
specifies serial parameters. Refer to
Serial Parameters starting on
page D-12
for bar codes to set serial parameters.
Table E-5 on page E-8
includes Code 39 and ASCII equivalents for serial char-
acters. Use the Code 39 equivalents when creating bar codes for programming.
For a complete listing of parameters and defaults, refer to
Programming Param-
eters on page E-1
.
Table E-8. Serial Parameters
Parameter Default Setting
Baud rate 9600
Data bits 8
Parity None
Stop bits 1
Enable Xon/Xoff Off
Linefeed None
Protocol CR with checksun &
ACK/NAK response
End of Record Character CR
Timeout 1 second
ID # Parameter Description
C1 Baud rate
Determines the communication speed. The setting for the
PT40 must match the setting that the host computer uses.
C2 Data bits Specifies the number of data bits in each character.
C3 Parity Specifies the parity of the data characters.
C4 Stop bits Selects the minimum space between data characters.
C5
Xon/Xoff hand-
shaking
Used for software data-flow control. With this option enabled,
the PT40 transmits an Xoff character when its serial input
buffer has fewer than ten characters of free space. Once all the
data in the serial buffer is processed, the PT40 transmits an
Xon character.
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