Rockwell Automation Allen-Bradley DriveLogix 5730 User Manual page 89

1. In the Controller Organizer, select the Controller folder. Right-click the
selected folder and select Properties.
Characteristic:
Mode
Baud rate
Parity
Data bits
Stop bits
Control line
Configuring the Serial Port of the Controller
2. On the Serial tab, specify serial port characteristics.
Description (default is shown in bold):
Select System (for DF1 communication) or User mode (for ASCII communication).
Specifies the communication rate for the serial port. Select a baud rate that all devices in your
system support.
Select 110, 300 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, or 38400 Kbps.
Specifies the parity setting for the serial port. Parity provides additional message-packet error
detection.
Select None or Even.
Specifies the number of bits per message packet.
Select 8.
Specifies the number of stop bits to the device with which the controller is communicating.
Select 1 or 2.
Specifies the mode in which the serial driver operates.
Select No Handshake, Full-Duplex, Half-Duplex with Continuous Carrier, or Half-Duplex without
Continuous Carrier.
If you are not using a modem, select No Handshake
If both modems in a point-to-point link are full-duplex, select Full-Duplex for both controllers.
Communicating with Devices on a Serial Link 5-3