Operation; Any-To-Any Mode - Western Telematic MDS-16 User Manual

6. Operation

This section describes the capabilities that are available to Any-
to-Any Mode Ports, Buffer Mode Ports, and
Mux Mode Ports.

6.1. Any-to-Any Mode:

Allows communication between connected devices, regardless of
dissimilarities between baud rate, parity, and etc.. Any-to-Any
Mode Ports can be connected to other Any-to-Any Ports by
accessing the Command Mode and issuing ASCII commands.
All MDS ports can be configured for the Any-to-Any Mode.
Any-to-Any Mode Ports cannot be connected to Buffer Mode
ports, Mux Mode ports, or Mux Output Ports. Note however,
that Any-to-Any ports can use the /R command to read data from
Buffer Mode Ports.
Figure 6.1: The Any-to-Any Mode
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