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NOTE:
If the APU is being configured from a remote site, press F3 on
the paddle to establish communications with the APU. When
the Main Menu appears on the paddle, press F3 again.
The APU’s configuration appears on the terminal screen. The
screen displays the current configurations of the eight interrogator
(TBOS) and three responder ports, and the status of the expansion
board.
3.
Configure the interrogator ports, responder ports, expansion board,
COS relay, and COS timer as described on the next page.
C
ONFIGURING
THE
I
NTERROGATOR
P
ORTS
1.
Type 1 at the configuration screen to display the interrogator
(TBOS) port prompts.
2.
SELECT PORT NUMBER - Type the port number to be config-
ured. Valid entries are 1-8.
For the following selections, type S or press ENTER to skip to the
next selection, type F to save changes and exit the port configura-
tion, or type Q to quit the port configuration without saving any
changes.
3.
SELECT BAUD RATE - Enter the desired baud rate. Valid entries
are 1 = 300, 2 = 600, 3 = 1200, 4 = 2400, 5 = 4800, 6 = 9600.
4.
SELECT PARITY - Set for odd. Type 2 if the parity is not set for
odd.
5.
SELECT STOP BITS - Set for 1. Type 1 if the stop bits are not set
for 1.
6.
SELECT DISPLAY ON/OFF INFO FOR DISPLAY # - Type 1 to
disable the specified display; type 2 to enable the specified display.
At display 8, changing the value, typing S or F, or pressing ENTER
saves any changes and brings up the configuration screen.
7.
If TBOS protocol is used on any of the responder ports, enter the
displays in the Interrogator Ports chart of the Configuration
Worksheet (Table I) at the end of this chapter. This will help con-
figure the responder ports.
C
ONFIGURING
THE
R
ESPONDER
P
ORTS
The APU has three independently configurable responder ports:
ports 1, 2 and 4 (ports 1 and 2 are RS-232/422/485, port 3 is not
used, and port 4 is the 202 modem port).
Configure each responder port for DCP, DCPF, TBOS, or TABS
protocol. The configuration steps for each protocol are listed
separately below.
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