Simrad EK15 - Page 197

Functionsanddialogboxes
Relatedtopics
•Setupmenu;functionsanddialogsonpage170
•Installationmenuonpage189
•AddSerialPortdialogboxonpage227
•SerialPortSetupdialogboxonpage226
•LANPortSetupdialogboxonpage222
•PortMonitordialogboxonpage227
•SelectInputsdialogboxonpage229
•SelectOutputsdialogboxonpage231
I/OSetupdialogbox;Serialports
Parameters
1SerialPorts
Thislistdisplaystheavailableserialportsonthecomputer.
ThelistisautomaticallypopulatedthersttimetheI/OSetupdialogboxisopened
afteraEK15softwareinstallation
Itwillthenreecttheinitialnumberofserialportsavailableonthecomputer.If
youlateraddinterfacehardwaretoyourcomputer,youmustclicktheAddbuttonto
addthenewportstothelist.
2Name
Thisisthegivenidentityoftheserialport.Bydefault,theserialportsarenumbered.
3Resource
ThisisthecommunicationportontheEK15computer.Thesearenormallynamed
COM1,COM2etc.
4Baudrate
Thiscellshowsthecurrentbaudratespeciedfortheserialline.Standardbaudrate
denedforNMEAcommunicationis4800baud.
5Protocol
Thisisthecurrentprotocolspeciedfortheserialline.
Eachseriallinecanreceivemultipletelegramssimultaneously,providedthatthe
telegramsallusethesameprotocol.
However,onlyoneperipheraldevicemaybephysicallyconnectedtotheport.If
youwishtoconnectseveralperipheraldevicestoasingleserialport,youmust
routethesethrougha“mixer”.Thiscanbeahardwareunitorcomputercollecting
andstreamingthetelegrams.
6Input(s)
Thiscolumnisusedtoidentifytheexternalsensor(measuringdevice)currently
connectedtotheport.
Tochoosewhattypeofexternalsensortoimportdatafrom,clicktheInputbutton.
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