
i-modul ISDN HIX V4
Functions
6.3
Data flow control
The data flow control ensures that the data transfer is interrupted as soon as the
buffer of the i-modul ISDN HIX V4 exceeds a certain level. There are two
possibilities for data flow control: via the control lines RTS and CTS, or via the
control characters XON/XOFF which are inserted into the data stream.
6.3.1
Hardware Data Flow Control (RTS/CTS)
The hardware data flow control works in two directions. When the critical buffer
level is exceeded, the i-modul ISDN HIX V4 will set the CTS line to "low" and will
thus indicate to the application to interrupt the data flow. When the buffer is
emptied sufficiently for the i-modul ISDN HIX V4 to be able to receive data again,
the CTS line is set to "high". Reversely, the application can also indicate to the i-
modul ISDN HIX V4 to interrupt the data flow. This is done via the RTS line. If it is
set to "low", the i-modul ISDN HIX V4 will interrupt the data flow to the application.
The application will set it to "high" to request data from the i-modul ISDN HIX V4.
Data flow control is set to hardware as default setting.
Configuration with AT commands
Enable hardware data flow control
(RTS/CTS) with the command
AT&K=3
Disable the data flow control with the
command
AT&K=0
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