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Accutome A-Scan Plus User’s Guide
How to Set the Serial Link
The Accutome A-Scan Plus provides a serial port as a
means of transferring information from the Accutome A-
Scan Plus to a PC (Personal Computer). You can
enable the port to link to a text application on the PC.
Once you have the text data on the computer it can be
used in many applications. The format of the data is the
same as the Generic/ Text Only printer driver output
The three choices for setting the Serial Link are:
Generic/Text Only
Text with Data
None
When the serial link is enabled, the current screen data
is sent when the Print key is pressed. If both the Serial
Link and the Printer are enabled, data will be both
printed and sent out the serial port.
The receiving application on the PC and the serial baud
must be set to the same rate. The user can select 9600,
19200, 38400, 57600, or 115200 as the serial link baud
rate. The factory default is 38400.
The communication parameters for the serial link are: 1
start bit, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit (no parity), and hardware
flow control. This is commonly shown as 8-N-1. 8-N-1 is
the most common setting for serial devices.
Text with Data Driver
The “Text with Data” Serial Link driver sends waveform
data after the standard patient Text Only printout. An
example is given in Figure 60 on page 97. Waveform
data is tab delimited for easy use in Microsoft Excel.
Data sent for each waveform includes settings (gain,
method, mode, date, and time), gate locations, tissue
locations, and measurement data for both OD and OS.
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