Technical information

SimradEK60
2Name
Thisisthegivenidentityoftheserialport.Bydefault,theserialportsarenumbered.
3Resource
ThisisthecommunicationportontheEK60computer.Thesearenormallynamed
COM1,COM2etc.
4Baudrate
Thiscellshowsthecurrentbaudratespeciedfortheserialline.Standardbaudrate
denedforNMEAcommunicationis4800baud.
5Databits
Thiscolumnspeciesthenumberofdatabitsusedintheseriallinecommunication.
6Parity
Thiscolumnspeciestheparityusedintheseriallinecommunication.
7Protocol
Thisisthecurrentprotocolspeciedfortheserialline.
Eachseriallinecanreceivemultipletelegramssimultaneously,providedthatthe
telegramsallusethesameprotocol.
However,onlyoneperipheraldevicemaybephysicallyconnectedtotheport.If
youwishtoconnectseveralperipheraldevicestoasingleserialport,youmust
routethesethrougha“mixer”.Thiscanbeahardwareunitorcomputercollecting
andstreamingthetelegrams.
8Sensor
Thiscolumnisusedtoidentifytheexternalsensorcurrentlyconnectedtotheserial
line.
9Add
Clickthisbuttontoaddanewserialport.
Thisisrequiredifyouhaveaddednewhardwaretothecomputer,forexampleby
installinganextrainterfacecircuitboard.Ifyouhavepreviouslyreleasedanunused
serialport,butwishtobringitbacktoEK60use,youmustalsoclickthisbutton.
Thebuttonisdisabledifthecomputerhasnomoreserialcommunicationportsto
offer.Ifportsareavailable,asmalldialogisopenedtochooseport.
10Remove
OncetheEK60hasidentiedandlistedalltheavailableseriallinesonthecomputer,
thesecannotbeusedbyanyothersoftwareapplicationsonthesamecomputer.
IftheEK60doesnotneedaspecicserialline,itcanbereleasedforotheruse.Click
ontheapplicableporttoselectit,thenclicktheRemovebuttontodeletetheportfrom
thelist.Notethatnoacknowledgementisrequired,theportisremovedinstantly.
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