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Communications 
Within the Communications branch, the following menu selections are available: 
 
•  Serial Port A 
•  Serial Port C 
•  Serial Port D 
•  Parallel Port A 
•  NIC Adapter 
•  Host Settings 
 
The menu selections are defined as follows: 
 
DISPLAYED ITEM  ITEM DESCRIPTION 
SERIAL PORT A 
Controls the RS-232 communications settings for Serial Port A, as 
follows: 
BAUD RATE 
Sets the serial communication rate:  
1200 BPS  1200 bits per second 
2400 BPS  2400 bits per second 
4800 BPS   4800 bits per second 
9600 BPS  9600 bits per second (Default Setting) 
19200 BPS  19200 bits per second   
28800 BPS  28800 bits per second   
38400 BPS  38400 bits per second   
57600 BPS  57600 bits per second   
115000 BPS  115000 bits per second 
PROTOCOL 
Sets the data flow control (handshaking) method, where: 
BOTH  XON/XOFF and CTS/DTR are used. (Default Setting) 
SOFTWARE  XON/XOFF is used. 
HARDWARE    CTS/DTR is used. 
NONE  Flow control is not used. 
PARITY 
Sets word parity, where:  
NONE  Parity is not used. (Default Setting) 
ODD  Odd parity is used. 
EVEN   Even parity is used. 
DATA BITS 
Sets word length, where:  
7  A seven bit word is used. 
8  An eight bit word is used. (Default Setting) 
STOP BITS 
Sets the number of stop bits, where:  
1  One stop bit is used. (Default Setting) 
2  Two stop bits are used.