User's Manual

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Setup Menus
Serial Settings
When the terminal is not in WBT mode, this dialog box is displayed by selecting
Serial in the Settings menu, or by clicking the Configure... button in the New
Connection dialog box when the connection type is set to Serial. Note that the port
for serial communications is selected via the New Connection dialog box which is
displayed from the File menu.
Baud Rate
Factory default: 9600
This specifies the transmit and receive baud rates for the port selected for host
communications.
Parity
Factory default: None
This option specifies the parity mode for each transmitted character. If the number of
Data Bits is 8, set this option to None.
Selecting Odd will cause an eighth bit to be added with a value of 1 if the previous 7
bits add up to an even number, and 0 if the previous 7 bits add up to an odd number.
Selecting Even will cause an eighth bit to be added with a value of 1 if the previous 7
bits add up to an odd number, and 0 if the previous 7 bits add up to an even number.
Mark parity will set every eighth bit to 1 and Space parity every bit to 0.
Flow Control
Factory default: Input
This option specifies the type of flow control used by the line port to communicate
readiness to transmit or receive data from the host.
None - No flow control
Input - XON/XOFF on received data
Output - XON/XOFF on transmitted data