ASCII Protocol
PLX30 Series
User Manual
Ethernet and Serial Gateways
Page 158 of 200
ProSoft Technology, Inc.
September 19, 2012
8.1.3 Modes of Operation
The gateway can operate in several different modes with each port acting
independently. The configuration of each port’s driver determines its mode. The
following topics describe these modes and describe the flow of data between the
pieces of hardware (ASCII device and PLX30Gateway). These topic describe the
three possible types of communication devices that can be attached to
application ports: receive-only, transmit-only, and transmit-receive mode.
Receive-Only Mode
A port on the gateway configured to function in receive-only mode is set up to
only receive data from some sort of ASCII device. In this mode, the
PLX30gateway will never transmit data back to the ASCII device. Any data
received from the ASCII device is passed from the receiver driver (Rx Driver) to
the PLX30Gateway
’s internal database (Rx Data). The following illustration
shows the flow of data on a port configured for receive-only mode.
Configuring a Port for Receive-Only Mode
In order to set a port for Receive-Only mode, ensure that the
Rx DB Start
parameter in the configuration file contains the starting location of where the data
will be stored. The
Tx DB Start
parameter must contain a value of
-1
. This value
indicates that the port will not transmit any data.