Communication Ports
  The device offers four unique modes to 
communicate to other Sartorius mois-
ture analyzers, a PC, with a network or 
to the internal printer�
§  Serial – Transfer programs between 
moisture analyzers (LMA1… [Mark 3] or 
Mark 2) or interface with a PC
§  USB – For Sartorius Service only
§  Ethernet – connect to a network
 LMA100P:
§  Internal printer – permits result print-
outs at the analyzer
  To set up serial communications to 
match peripheral device:
§  From the Setup Menu screen, press the  
6 key or highlight the Communication 
Ports menu using the navigation keys 
and press the Enter key�
§  Press the 1 key for Serial Port to display 
the Serial Port menu screen�
§  Press the 1 key or On|Off soft key to 
toggle the serial port On�
§  Press the 2 key for Select baud rate and 
then the appropriate key to select either 
300, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 
57600, or 115200� The screen will 
return to the Serial Port menu screen�
§  Press the 3 key for Set up serial port to 
make final selections: 
–  8, no parity, 1 stop bit 
–  7, even parity, 1 stop bit 
–  7, odd parity, 1 stop bit
§  Finally, press the 4 key to toggle CTS 
On or Off�
 LMA100P:
  To turn the internal printer Off, press 
the 4 key from the Communication 
Ports menu, or highlight Printer On and 
toggle the On|Off soft key to display 
Printer Off�
Note
  To download or upload drying programs 
from another Sartorius product (Mark 3, 
Mark 2, Omni 1) refer to  
operating instructions “Transfer  
Programs” on page 61�
Serial Command Set
  Through specific serial commands 
entered via a personal computer inter-
faced to the device, all setup and opera-
tional functions of the analyzer can be 
performed from the computer�
  For a complete set of serial commands, 
please contact Sartorius�
  Pin Assignment Chart
  Pin Configuration of 9 pin DE-9S
Pin Remark
1  Shorted with pins 4 and 6
2  TxD (out)
3  RxD (in)
4  Shorted with pins 1 and 6
5   GND   
(tied to shell and digital ground)
6  Shorted with pins 1 and 4
7 CTS
8 RTS
9  No connection
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