Hardware Installation; Configure Setup Switches - Western Telematic MDS-16 User Manual

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4. Hardware Installation

This section describes the procedures for installing the MDS and

connecting devices to the unit.

When the MDS is shipped from the factory, the Setup Switches

are configured for 9600 baud, 8 Bits-No Parity, DTR

handshaking, verbose command response, and no echo (all

switches down). These switch settings are compatible with most

applications. If the default settings are not compatible with your

application, change the switch settings as described in the

following subsections.

Setup Switches should be configured to match the

communication parameters used by the device attached to Port 1.

This allows access to the MDS if the unit is initialized to default

parameters.

Communication parameters (baud rate, parity, etc.)

can also be individually selected for each MDS port

by accessing the Command Mode and invoking the /P

command as described in Section 5.3.4. However, if

the MDS is initialized, parameters will return to the

settings specified by the current Set-Up Switch

configuration.

Note:

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