
7
COM
PORTS
:
DEVICE TYPES
COM ports can be interfaced to various sensors. Table below shows the current list and their corresponding Device type setting.
Attach Sensor
Corresponding Device Type
Any sensor transmitting CSV sentence
CSV1, CSV2, CSV3, CSV4
All NMEA-0183 compatible sensors i.e. GPS Modem, Sounder, etc.
CSV1, CSV2, CSV3, CSV4
PuTTY or similar program
CSV1
PROTEUS-LITE supports 4 different CSV sentences:
Type
Sentence includes
Sentence Structure
CSV1
$Header
, Values…,
Checksum
$HEADER
,VAL1,VAL2,VAL3,...VALn
*CS
CSV2
$Header
, Values…
$HEADER
,VAL2,VAL3,...
CSV3
$Values...
$
VAL1,VAL2,VAL3,...
CSV4
Values …
VAL1,VAL2,VAL3,..
COM
PORTS
:
CONFIGURATION
Press F9 to display the Main Menu. Follow
to configure the COM ports for desire baud rate & device type.
Figure 1
Figure 2
COM1
COM1 (DB9) is configured as DTE (PC) i.e. RX=Pin2, TX=Pin3. Thus, sensors such as GPS can be directly connected to the DB9 without the need for NULL
modem cable. However, a
NULL modem cable is required to interface PROTEUS-LITE to a PC.