Rockwell Automation Allen-Bradley DriveLogix 5730, User Manual

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Communicating with Devices on a Serial Link 5-3
Configuring the Serial Port of the Controller
Characteristic: Description (default is shown in bold):
Mode Select System (for DF1 communication) or User mode (for ASCII communication).
Baud rate Specifies the communication rate for the serial port. Select a baud rate that all devices in your
system support.
Select 110, 300 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600,
19200 , or 38400 Kbps.
Parity Specifies the parity setting for the serial port. Parity provides additional message-packet error
detection.
Select
None or Even.
Data bits Specifies the number of bits per message packet.
Select
8 .
Stop bits Specifies the number of stop bits to the device with which the controller is communicating.
Select
1 or 2.
Control line Specifies the mode in which the serial driver operates.
Select
No Handshake , Full-Duplex, Half-Duplex with Continuous Carrier, or Half-Duplex without
Continuous Carrier.
If you are not using a modem, select No Handshake
If both modems in a point-to-point link are full-duplex, select Full-Duplex for both controllers.
1. In the Controller Organizer, select the Controller folder. Right-click the
selected folder and select Properties.
2. On the Serial tab, specify serial port characteristics.