Serial Port Setup

The NetRS is designed primarily to be connected to a network using an ethernet connection. The four receiver serial ports, however, can also be used to establish connections to the receiver.

If used to control the receiver, the serial port must be configured for PPP, which provides for the transmission of IP packets over serial lines. The serial ports may also be used to connect external devices, such as meteorological sensors, tilt meters or radio transmitters.

When configuring a serial port the data transmission speed and parity setting can be specified. The number of data bits and stop bits, however, are not selectable.

Serial ports 1 and 2 can be set up as either a direct serial or a modem port.

Serial ports 2, 3 and 4 support Xon-Xoff and hardware flow control.

The default serial port parameters are 115,200 baud, 8-none-1.

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