Agilent Technologies E4418B User Manual page 96

Power Meter Operation
Configuring the Remote Interface
This section explains how to set the baud rate, word size, parity, number of stop bits,
pacing and echo for the serial interface.
To set the serial interface parameters:
System
1. Press
Inputs
. The current settings for
Serial
Stop bits
2. To change the baud rate press
baud rate in a pop up window. Change the setting by using the
keys to run through the selection of baud rates available. To confirm
your choice press
3. To change the word size press
word size in a pop up window. Change the setting by using any of the arrow
hardkeys to toggle between a word size of 7 or 8. To confirm your choice
press .
Enter
4. To change the number of stop bits press
displays the number of stop bits in a pop up window. Change the setting by
using any of the arrow hardkeys to toggle between a setting of 1 or 2. To
confirm your choice press
5. To change the parity type press
parity type in a pop up window. Change the setting by using any of the arrow
hardkeys to select from EVEN, ODD, ZERO, ONE or NONE. To confirm
your choice press
6. Press to access page 2 of 2. This page allows you to set echo off and
More
on and gives access to the pacing menu.
7. Press to toggle between off and on. When echo is on, all received
Echo
characters will be transmitted (echoed) back to the sender.
8. Press
Pacing
enable/disable various software and hardware pacing options. Pacing will
prevent receiver overrun errors and is generally only required when large
amounts of data are being transferred (for example, cal tables).
9. Press
Tx Pacing
transmitter software handshake. When enabled "Xon" is highlighted,
otherwise "None" is highlighted.
10. Press
Rx Pacing
receiver software handshake. When enabled "Xon" is highlighted, otherwise
"None" is highlighted.
11. Press
RTS/CTS
following from the pop up menu:
OFF - Sets the RTS signal line permanently low.
ON - Sets the RTS signal line permanently high.
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Baud rate Word size
and are shown under the softkeys.
Parity
Baud rate
.
Enter
Word size
.
Enter
Parity
.
Enter
to access the pacing menu which allows you to
to toggle between enabling and disabling the Xon/Xoff
to toggle between enabling and disabling the Xon/Xoff
and use any of the arrow hardkeys to select one of the
,
,
. The power meter displays the
. The power meter displays the
. The power meter
Stop bits
. The power meter displays the
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