Checking The Gc868 Baud Rate; Setting Up The Terminal Software And Transferring Data - GE DigitalFlow GC868 Programming Manual

April 2008
Checking the GC868
Baud Rate
Setting Up the Terminal
Software and
Transferring Data
6-2
For successful serial communications, the GC868 and the personal
computer must be set up to send/receive data at the same speed. To
verify or change the baud rate setting of the GC868, proceed as
follows:
Access the User Program, by pressing the
The standard measurement mode screen will be replaced by the
following initial programming mode screen:
PROGRAM
PROGRAM
status
SETUP CLOCK COMM
COMM PROGRAM
PROGRAM
Comm port
BAUD RATE
current setting appears here
4800 9600 19200
The available rates are 300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600 and 19200
baud. After verifying or changing the baud rate setting, press the
[EXIT]
key twice to return to standard measurement mode.
Note: Refer to Chapter 1, Programming Site Data, for a detailed
description of using the
description includes information on checking UART bits and
network ID.
Specific instructions are given in this manual for communicating with
personal computers running under the Windows 9X/NT (page 6-3)
operating systems. Proceed to the appropriate section for detailed set
up procedures.
Note: For computers operating under other operating systems,
contact the factory for assistance or consult the operating
system manual supplied with the computer.
[PROG]
Start Press the [←] and [→] keys and
[F3]
the key to select the
submenu.
SAVE
To change the baud rate, press
the [→] key until the desired
baud rate appears on the option
bar, and then press the
[Fx]
appropriate
COMM
submenu on page 1-44. The
Serial Communications
key on the keypad.
COMM
function key.