4 Configuring the Serial Port Settings iPocket232 User Guide
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1 Choose Serial Port from the Device Settings menu.
2 Choose a Terminator from Terminator #1 through #6.
You are prompted to enter a terminator character in decimal.
3 Type in a terminator and press
Enter
.
You are prompted to enter the number of tail bytes in decimal.
4 Enter the number of tail bytes and press Enter.
N
OTE
: The number of tail bytes determines how many characters to wait for after the terminator before
sending the packet.
For example, if you are parsing a data frame that ends with ETX and has a 2 byte CRC that follows,
you will want to terminate on 3, with 2 tail bytes. However, if you get an ACK, you may not want to
collect any tail bytes at all, so you would terminate on 6 with 0 tail bytes.
Table 4.6: Common Terminators