Baud Rate - Keithley 6430 Instruction Manual

Baud rate

The baud rate is the rate at which the SourceMeter and the programming terminal communi-
cate. Choose one these available rates:
• 57600
• 38400
• 19200
• 9600
• 4800
• 2400
• 1200
• 600
• 300
The factory selected baud rate is 9600.
When you choose a baud rate, make sure the programming terminal or printer that you are
connecting to the SourceMeter can support the baud rate you selected. Both the SourceMeter
and the other device must be configured for the same baud rate.
Data bits and parity
The RS-232 interface can be configured to send/receive data that is 7 or 8 bits long using
even, odd, or no parity. No parity is only valid when using 8 data bits.
Terminator
The SourceMeter can be configured to terminate each program message that it transmits to
the controller with any of the following combinations of <CR> and <LF>:
<CR>
<CR+LF>
<LF>
<LF+CR>
Carriage return
Carriage return and line feed
Line feed
Line feed and carriage return
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