Ross openGear GPI-8941 Series, User Manual

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GPI-8941 Series User Guide (v9.0) DashBoard Menus • 63
GPInet Tab
Table 15.9 summarizes the options available in the GPInet tab.
Serial I/O Port Tab
Table 15.10 summarizes the options in the Serial I/O Port tab.
Table 15.9 GPInet Menu Items
Item Parameters Description
Enable Selected Enables the use of GPInet protocol to control the card
Cleared* Disables the use of GPInet protocol to control the card
UDP Port
#
a
a. The default value is 10016.
Specifies the UDP port number that remote devices will
connect to when using GPInet protocol
Sessions
(read-only) x of y active Reports the current GPInet connections where:
•
x represents the number of external devices
communicating with the card via the GPInet protocol
• y represents the maximum number of devices the card
can support via the GPInet protocol
No warnings No unsaved changes are made to the GPInet protocol
setup
WARNING There are unsaved changes to the GPInet protocol setup
Apply Applies and saves any changes made in this tab
Cancel Discards any unsaved changes made in this tab
Table 15.10 Serial I/O Port Menu Items
Item Parameter Description
Protocol
a None* Disables the use of the Serial port to control the card.
Any incoming data from an external device/service
connected to the Serial port is ignored.
GPI485 Enables the use of GPI485 serial protocol to control the
card
Port Test Select this option to troubleshoot the Serial port. Do
not use this selection while the Serial port is connected
in a multi-drop serial bus as it may interfere with other
devices on the serial bus.
Baud Rate 1200 Selects the bit rate for the external device connected to
the
Serial port
2400
9600
19200
38400*
115200
Data Bits
b 7 Sets the number of data bits transmission (character
length)
8*