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Appendix 1: Host-to-Base Station Communication
RS-232
Communication between the Serial base station or the RS-232 interface of the Analog
base station
and
the host computer is via a standard RS-232 connection as shown in the
RS-232 Signals Definition and RS-232 Asynchronous Character Format tables.
RS-232 Signals Definition
Signal Name
Direction
Function
TxD
Transmit Data
Host to Base Station
Asynchronous Serial Data from Host
RxD
Receive Data
Base Station to Host
Asynchronous Serial Data to Host
GND
Signal Ground
N/A
Signal Ground Reference
RS-232 Asynchronous Character Format
Baud Rate
115.2K
Parity None
Data Bits
8
Stop Bits
1
USB 2.0
Communication between the USB base station or the USB interface of the Analog base
station
and
the host computer is via a USB 2.0 compliant connection using a Silicon
Laboratories CP2101 USB-to-UART Bridge chip on the base station supported by
Silicon Laboratories Virtual Communications Port (VCP) drivers installed on the host
PC.
Reference is made to the following Silicon Laboratories documents:
CP2101 Single-Chip USB to UART Bridge Product Brief
CP2101 Data Sheet