3-10 Setup Procedure For The Batcher
3-10 Setup Procedure For The Batcher
If the unit is equipped with a serial communications card, the setup parameters in the following
menu will make the Batcher compatible with the master terminal. The Unit Identifi cation Num-
ber (if multiple units are used), Baud Rate (speed at which the signal is transmitted) and Parity
are selectable. A 7 bit, ASCII character, with one start bit, one stop bit and the parity makes up
the standard ten bit transmission character. For more details see Section 8.
The Unit ID Number identifi es the unit for multi-drop communications.
units may be on one line. A unit will stay off line until its Unit ID number is received. It
will then stay on line until a carriage return is sent. At which time, it will send any re-
quested information and take itself off line. The range of the unit ID number is 00 to 15
A Unit ID number of 00 will keep the unit on line at all times. No Unit
Number prompt is needed and carriage returns will not take the unit off
Regardless of the above, all requests for information are replied to at the units earliest
Clears out existing Unit ID number.
Enters new Unit ID number.
Chooses SER (PL not available)
BAUDRATE fl ashes then shows current Baud rate.