Serial Ports; Serial Ports Supported - Novatel OEM6 Series User Manual

Operation OEM6 Cards and Enclosure
4.1.1

Serial Ports

The receiver communicates with a computer or terminal via a serial port. For communication to occur,
both the receiver and the operator interface have to be configured properly. The receiver's default port
settings are as follows:
• 9600 bps, no parity, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no handshaking, echo off
The data transfer rate determines how fast information is transmitted. Take for example a log whose
message byte count is 96. The default port settings allows 10 bits/byte (8 data bits + 1 stop bit + 1
framing bit). It therefore takes 960 bits per message. To get 10 messages per second then requires 9600
bps. Please also remember that even if you set the bps to 9600 the actual data transfer rate is lower and
depends on the number of satellites being tracked, data filters in use, and idle time. It is therefore
suggested that you leave yourself a margin when choosing a data rate (115200 bps is recommended for
most applications).
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Although the receiver can operate at data transfer rates as low as 300 bps, this is not
desirable. For example, if several data logs are active (that is, a significant amount of
information needs to be transmitted every second) but the bit rate is set too low, data
overflows the serial port buffers, causing an error condition in the receiver status that
results in lost data.
SERIALCONFIG
Use the
638 Refer to Section 4.1.1.1, Configure COM 1, 2 and IMUCOM for OEM638.
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Refer to Section 2.5.3, Connecting Data Communications Equipment for additional default
setting details.
The following ports are supported and can be configured using the commands listed. Refer to the
commands listed in the
instructions.
Receiver Type
OEM615
OEM617D
OEM628
OEM638
FlexPak6
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command to change settings as required for all OEM6 family receivers.
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Table 7: Serial Ports Supported
Port Supported
COM1, COM2, COM3
COM1, COM2, COM3
COM1, COM2, COM3
COM1, COM2, COM3 and
COM4, COM5, COM6
(COM1, COM2 and COM6 are
configurable RS-422/RS-232)
COM1, COM2
(OM-20000129) for detailed
Configuration Command
SERIALCONFIG
SERIALCONFIG
SERIALCONFIG and
SERIALPROTOCOL
SERIALCONFIG and
SERIALPROTOCOL
SERIALCONFIG and
SERIALPROTOCOL
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