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Parity
Parity provides basic error detection for serial communications. Master and slave
devices must have the same setting for communications to take place. Parity must
be selected from one of the following settings: None, Odd, Even.
Data bits
This is the number of data bits used to represent one byte of data. Master and
slave devices must have the same setting for communications to take place. Data
bits must be selected from one of the following settings: 7, 8.
Stop Bits
This is the number of stop bits used at the end of the data. Master and slave
devices must have the same setting for communications to take place. Stop bits
must be selected from one of the following settings: 1, 2.
Numeric Data
These are various numeric parameters that support or modify serial
communications. Not all the parameters in this list will appear depending on the
protocol selected.