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RDS300/RDS500/RDS1000 User Manual 3.10
4.
CONFIGURATION AND OPERATION
4.1.
COMMUNICATING THROUGH THE CONSOLE AND COM PORTS
Configuration requires that you establish communication with the RDS Encoder. The first and
simplest way to do that is through the COM port. There is one of the very common RS-232 COM
ports on the RDS Encoder: COM1 with female jack on the rear panels.COM1 DSR(pin 6 ) and RI (pin 9)
are connected to RDS Data and RDS Clock, thus COM1 can be used for RDS decoding using RDS
Decoder 3.0 software which is downloadable at
www.esslinger.de
.
The default settings for all the COM ports
are 9600 baud, 8 data bits, no parity, and 1 stop bit.
(9600, 8, n, 1) Flow control is none
. If you are connecting through COM1, UDP/TCP, you should
enter the command ‘
ECHO=1
’ to activate the echo function so you can see the characters you are
typing.
To open a terminal session through the COM ports, simply connect a computer to the RS-232
connector (using a serial/USB port if you don’t have an RS-232 on your computer) and open a
terminal program, such as HyperTerminal or
HerculesTerminal
. If you are connected when you power
up the RDS Encoder, you will see a welcome screen like this:
▲
WARNING
If you are using the USB port do not unplug the cable when the virtual COM port is
opened by an application. You must first close the COM port before unplugging the USB.
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* RDS ENCODER KVARTA - RDS1000
* Firmware Version
: 3.00A (14/04/2011)
* http://www.kvarta.net
* tel : +359 (0)62 640914
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There are two commands that list configured information. For more information regarding the
commands see
APPENDIX C
:
RDS
?
Lists all configured RDS information. PI, PS, TA, TP, PTY ….
ipconfig?
