Sutron Xpert2, Operation And Maintenance Manual

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The ports and baud rate you wish to use are selected from this menu. Each port can be
configured as None, Direct, Radio, Modem, Voice, SSP or RS-485 (if RS-485 option is
installed).
Checking the checkbox next to each port will tell the Xlite to enhance and manage the port above
and beyond what Remote alone does. This includes sending out alarms on the port, as well as
handling speech dial-in, and dial-out, and support for SSP blocks which can be used to send and
retrieve tags, or set the time. Typically, com1 would not be checked, as it is used for Xterm
communications to setup the station. You would check it if you wanted to connect a
communications device to com1 and see alarm data go out that port.
The Master ID, which is the name of the PC Base Station in an SSP system, is specified here too.
Other SSP parameters can be specified in the Setup menu, and pressing the Test button will test
communications.
SSP Settings
Pressing the Setup button displays this SSP setup menu. This menu will allow additional settings
for SSP communications, over a variety of devices. All entries, except # retries, are in units of
seconds.
Carrier Delay: When the com port is set for "RADIO" communications, this is how long to key
the transmitter (assert DTR) to warm up the radio before sending data. With Sutron radios