Matching The Data Format - YOKOGAWA wt1600 User Manual

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Matching the Data Format

Circuit idle state
IM 760101-11E
The serial interface of this instrument performs communications using start-stop
synchronization. In start-stop synchronization, one character is transmitted at a time.
Each character consists of a start bit, data bits, a parity bit and a stop bit. Refer to the
figure below.
Start bit
1 character
Data bit
(7 or 8 bits)
Parity bit
Even, odd or none
Level returns to idle
state (dotted line)
until the start bit of
the next item of data
(solid line).
Stop bit
1
1 or 2 bits
2
2-7
2