Advanced Serial Port Parameters
Advanced Serial Port Parameters |
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The Advanced Serial Port Parameters dialog box is used to specify communication settings for your auxiliary serial port. For most serial devices, it should not be necessary to specify these additional serial communication settings.
The Advanced Serial Port Parameters dialog box is also used to set the serial port parameters for laser range finders (Rangefinder tab of Rangefinder Preferences dialog box) and GPS receivers (GPS tab of GPS Preferences dialog box).
Choose the COM port that your serial device is connected to on your PC or mobile device. The drop-down list displays only the active serial ports on your PC or mobile device.
The default is COM1.
Choose the baud rate of your serial device’s output.
The default is 4800.
Choose the type of error-checking your serial device uses.
The default is None.
Choose the RTS flow control your serial device requires.
The default is enabled.
Choose the DTR flow control your serial device requires.
The default is enabled.
Choose the number of data bits used by your serial device to represent characters.
The default is 8.
Choose the time between character transmission for your serial device.
The default is 1.
When checked, the CTS signal is monitored for output flow control. If CTS is turned off on the serial device, output is suspended until CTS is sent again.
The default is unchecked.
When checked, the DSR signal is monitored for output flow control. If DSR is turned off on the serial device, output is suspended until DSR is sent again.
The default is unchecked.