Instrument Comms Settings
Instrument Comms Settings
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Immediately after power-up, both instrument, and PC comms
settings need to be made compatible before communication
between them is possible. Instrument defaults are shown
below together with the available options.
ADDR
(Address)
This is a unique
identification number that must be
allocated to each instrument
connected to the network.
Default =0.
Options;
1 to 247
BAUD
(Baud rate)
The setting determines
the serial communication data
transmission rate in bits/sec, and must
match the PC settings
Default =
9600
.
Options;
1200;2400;4800;9600 and 19200
DATA
(Data) Sets the transmission format, and
must match the PC settings.
Data Format Table
Settings
Start bits
1
1
1
Data bits
8
8
8
Parity
n (none)
e (even)
o (odd)
Stop bits
1
1
1
Default
Option 1
Option 2
DBUG
(Debug). Commissioning and
troubleshooting aid. Display shows
when the instrument is transmitting or
receiving data by rapidly flashing the
three horizontal segments of the first
and last digit of the display.
First digit = Tx; last digit = Rx
Default = Off.
Options
off; on
Only use dbuG during commissioning or trouble-shooting
because it shares display segments and therefore
corrupts the normal display.
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