The Edit Comm Administration screen allows you to configure the three serial communication ports. Use the following procedure to configure each port:
In the Baud Rate drop-down box, select the desired baud rate. Values are 115000, 57600, 38400, 19200, 9600, 4800, 2400 and 1200.
In the Monitor drop-down box, select INH to not view communication port messages or ALW to view communication port messages.
In the Keep Alive selection box, click the up or down arrow buttons to select the number of minutes (from 1 to 255) to control the delay in sending the COMPLD message. When the value is zero, no COMPLD message is sent.
In the Echo drop-down box, select INH to not echo received characters or ALW to echo received characters. It is recommended that Echo be turned off (set to INH) for the port currently used.
In the Report Alarm drop-down box, select INH to close the connection and keeps the port from use or ALW0, ALW1, or ALW2 to configure the port as follows:
ALW0 - normal communication, no autonomous messages
ALW1 - normal communication, autonomous messages
ALW2 - autonomous messages received, logged on or not
In the Auto Log Off (mins) selection box, click the up or down arrow buttons to enter the number of minutes (from 1 to 255) to control the time limit before the communication port disconnects through in-activity. When the value is zero, auto-log off is disabled.
In the Hardware Flow Control drop-down box, select INH to set the port to not use hardware flow control or ALW to set the port to use hardware flow control.
In the Software Flow Control drop-down box, select INH to set the port to not use software flow control or ALW to set the port to use software flow control.
Click OK to accept changes and return to the Comm Administration screen, or click Cancel to not saving the changes and return to the Comm Administration screen.