Setting Rs-232 Parity And Data Bits; Setting Rs-232 Stop Bits; Setting Rs-232 Flow Control; Setting Rs-232 End-Of-Line Character - Fluke 8846A Programmer's Manual

Setting RS-232 Parity and Data Bits

To set the data bits:
1. With the RS-232 set up menu displayed, press PARITY DATA BIT.
2. Press the soft key under the desired parity, and data bit parameter.
NONE 8B DATA = No parity with 8 data bits
ODD 7B DATA = Odd parity with 7 data bits
EVEN 7B DATA = Even parity with 7 data bits

Setting RS-232 Stop Bits

To set the stop bits:
1. With the RS-232 set up menu displayed, press PARITY DATA BIT.
2. Press the soft key labeled 2 STOP BITS to toggle between 1 and 2 stop bits.
When 2 STOP BITS is highlighted, the interface is configured to use 2 stop
bits.

Setting RS-232 Flow Control

To set flow control:
1. With the RS-232 set up menu displayed, press FLOW CONTROL.
2. Press the soft key under the desired flow control.
NONE = No flow control
XON = Software flow control Xon (hex 11) and Xoff (hex 13)
RTS = Hardware flow control, RTS/DTS

Setting RS-232 End-Of-Line Character

To set the End-Of-Line (EOL) character:
1. With the RS-232 set up menu displayed, press EOL.
2. Press the soft key labeled with the desired End-Of-Line character(s).
CR = Carriage return only
LF = Line Feed only
CR LF = Carriage Return and Line Feed

Enabling and Disabling Fluke 45 Emulation Echo

Although you can turn echo on or off at anytime, the selection is used only when the
Meter's command mode is set to Fluke 45 emulation.
To enable or disable Echo for the RS-232 port:
1. With the RS-232 set up menu displayed, press COMP/TERM ECHO.
2. Press either the ECHO or NO ECHO soft key.
Note
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Configuring the RS-232 Port
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