Conf I Gur I Ng T He Rs- 232C I Nt Er F Ace - HP 16500B User Reference

Conf i gur i ng t he RS- 232C I nt er f ace

The RS- 232C i nt er f ace on t hi s i nst r um ent i s H ew l et t - Packar d' s
i m pl em ent at i on of EI A Recom m ended St andar d RS- 232C, " I nt er f ace Bet w een
Dat a Ter m i nal Equi pm ent and Dat a Com m uni cat i ons Equi pm ent Em pl oyi ng
Ser i al Bi nar y D at a I nt er change. " Thi s i nt er f ace sends dat a one bi t at a t i m e,
and char act er s ar e not synchr oni zed w i t h pr ecedi ng or subsequent dat a
char act er s. Each char act er i s sent as a com pl et e ent i t y w i t hout r el at i onshi p
t o ot her event s.
Baud Rate
The baud r at e i s t he r at e at w hi ch bi t s ar e t r ansf er r ed bet w een t he i nt er f ace
and t he per i pher al . The baud r at e m ust be set t o t r ansm i t and r ecei ve at t he
sam e r at e as t he per i pher al , or dat a cannot be successf ul l y t r ansf er r ed.
Sel ect t he
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W hen t he pop- up m enu appear s, sel ect t he f i el d di r ect l y t o t he r i ght of
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" Baud Rat e. "
Baud rate
RS-232C Configuration
Communications
f i el d.
RS-232C
f i el d l ocat ed di r ect l y under t he H P- I B Addr ess f i el d.
Configuring the HP-IB and RS-232C
Configuring the RS-232C Interface
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