Chapter 4: UEFI BIOS
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Serial Port Conguration
COM1
COM1 Console Redirection
Check the box to enable console redirection support for a serial port specied by you. The
options are Unchecked and Checked.
* If this feature above is set to Checked, the following features will become available
for conguration:
COM1 Console Redirection Settings
COM1 Terminal Type
This feature allows you to select the target terminal emulation type for Console Redirec-
tion. Select VT100 to use the ASCII Character set. Select VT100+ to add color and func-
tion key support. Select ANSI to use the Extended ASCII Character Set. Select VT-UTF8
to use UTF8 encoding to map Unicode characters into one or more bytes. The options
are VT100, VT100Plus, VT-UTF8, and ANSI.
COM1 Bits Per Second
Use this feature to set the transmission speed for a serial port used in Console Redirec-
tion. Make sure that the same speed is used in the host computer and the client computer.
A lower transmission speed may be required for long and busy lines. The options are
9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, and 115200 (bits per second).
COM1 Data Bits
Use this feature to set the data transmission size for Console Redirection. The options
are 7 Bits and 8 Bits.
COM1 Parity
A parity bit can be sent along with regular data bits to detect data transmission errors.
Select Even if the parity bit is set to 0, and the number of 1's in data bits is even. Select
Odd if the parity bit is set to 0, and the number of 1's in data bits is odd. Select None
if you do not want to send a parity bit with your data bits in transmission. Select Mark
to add a mark as a parity bit to be sent along with the data bits. Select Space to add a
Space as a parity bit to be sent with your data bits. The options are None, Even, Odd,
Mark, and Space.