Checking The Df868 Baud Rate; Setting Up The Terminal Software - GE DigitalFlow DF868 Programming Manual

March 2008
Checking the DF868
Baud Rate
Setting Up the Terminal
Software
6-2
For successful serial communications, the DF868 and the personal
computer must be set up to send/receive data at the same speed. To
check the baud rate setting of the DF868, proceed as follows:
Access the User Program, by pressing the
The standard measurement mode screen is replaced by the following
initial programming mode screen:
PROGRAM
PROGRAM
previous selection appears here
CH1 CH2 GLOBL
PROGRAM
Global PROGRAM
previous selection appears here
CLOCK SYSTM I/O
Global COMM PROGRAM
Global 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 three times to return to standard measurement mode.
Note: Refer to Chapter 1, Programming Site Data, for a detailed
description of using the
To communicate with personal computers running under either the
Windows 3.X or Windows 9X/NT operating systems, please refer to
"Terminal Communications Software" on page 7 of the brochure EIA-
RS Serial Communications (916-054).
Note: For computers operating under other operating systems,
contact the factory for assistance or consult the operating
system manual supplied with the computer.
[PROG]
[F3]
Start ‰
Press the
GLOBL
menu.
SAVE
[F4]
Start ‰ Press the
COMM
submenu.
COMM
‰ 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.
Serial Communications
key on the keypad.
key to select the
key to select the
function key.