Manual

Communications
Chapter 9
9-6
PROTOCOL
Select the protocol for communications from the following options.
LEVEL_1
LEVEL_2*
DF1
RAW
PARITY (parity check)
Select the parity from the following parity check schemes:
Parity Parity Check
NONE No parity check
EVEN Evenparity
ODD Odd parity
STOP BIT (number of stop bits)
Select the number of stop bits with this parameter. You can select:
1, 1.5, or 2 bits
DATA LENGTH
Select the number of bits that constitute one character with this parameter.
You can select:
7 or 8 bits
The parity bit is not counted as a data length bit.
TIME-OUT
Select the time-out value that specifies how long the control tries to
establish communications with a peripheral. If the control cannot establish
communications within the specified time-out value, an error message is
displayed on the control’s CRT. You can select:
3, 15, 30, or 60 seconds
or
2, 3, 5, or 10 minutes
or
UNLIMT (no time-out)