User's Manual

PICS User’s Manual 07 June 2004
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Section Field Meaning
RED_A
RED_B
GREEN_A
GREEN_B
YELLOW_A
YELLOW_B
BLUE_A
BLUE_B
WHITE_A
WHITE_B
ALARM
GATE
LOOP_ENTER
LOOP_OBSTRUCT
LOOP_EXIT
Specify m,n, where m is a 1 to invert
the sense of the signal (low is true
instead of high is true). N is the bit
mask for the particular bit. The
system currently only supports 8 bits
total. Fields marked _A refer to driver
side of light tree, the _B fields refer to
the guard side of the light tree.
GATE IDLE UP
Set to a 1 if the gate normally
remains open and only closes when
someone tries to enter unauthorized.
IO_GATE
GATE TIMEOUT
How long to wait after a user is
validated to assume they aren’t going
to pass.
COMPORT
Identifies the comm port to use for
sending gate messages. The
hardware ports are 0 and 1 and the
USB ports start at 100 and go up.
BAUD RATE Actual baud rate desired (e.g. 9600)
PARITY
String containing ‘NONE’, ‘EVEN’,
‘ODD’, ‘MARK’ or ‘SPACE’.
STOP BITS 1
DATA BITS 5 to 8
TERMINATION CHAR
Character to use for termination
(typically a carriage return (13).
MSG_GATE
HEX CONVERT
1 indicates to treat the ASCII data in
the table as a representation of a hex
number.