Publication 1734-UM009A-EN-P - June 2002
2-10 Configuring Your RS-232 ASCII Module
Parameter List
Use this table for information on configuring your 1734-232ASC
module parameters.
Table 2.3 Parameter List
Parameter Parameter
Instance
Access Description Parameter Choices Default
Setting
Default
Value
Data Type
Serial Port Parameters
Serial Character
Framing
1 Get/Set Defines the number
of data bits, stop
bits and parity in
data character
frames
0 = 7N2
1 = 7E1
2 = 7O1
3 = 8N1
4 = 8N2
5 = 8E1
6 = 8O1
7 = 7E2
8 = 7O2
7N2 0 USINT
Serial Port Comm
Speed
2 Get/Set Defines the baud
rate of the serial
port
0 = 9600
1 = 1200
2 = 2400
3 = 4800
4 = 19.2k
5 = 38.4k
9600 baud 0 USINT
Serial Port Receive from ASCII Device
Max Number of
Receive Chars
3 Get/Set Maximum number of
characters the
1734-232ASC
module expects to
receive into its
ASCII port from the
serial device
1-128 20 chars 20 USINT
Receive Record
Start Mode
4 Get/Set Selects whether or
not the start
delimiter is included
with the receive
data
0 = No Start
Delimiter
1 = Exclude Start
Delimiter
2 = Include Start
Delimiter
No Start
Delimiter
0USINT
Receive Start
Delimiter
5 Get/Set Character which
identifies the
beginning of the
data string from the
ASCII device when
the length is
specified as 0
Any valid standard
ASCII character
(0-127, 0-255)
Colon 0x3A USINT
Receive Record End
Mode
6 Get/Set Selects whether or
not the End
delimiter is included
with the received
data
0 = No End Delimiter
1 = Exclude End
Delimiter
2 = Include End
Delimiter
Include End
Delimiter
2USINT
Receive End
Delimiter
7 Get/Set Character which
identifies the end of
the data string from
the ASCII device
when the length is
specified as 0
Any valid standard
ASCII character
(0-127, 0-255)
Carriage
return
D
hex
USINT