Parr Instrument 6100 - Manual (Page 45)

Menu Operating Instructions
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Balance Port Communications
Balance Type: Toggles through the available
balance templates.
Balance Port Device: This key displays a screen
which allows the user to specify the balance
port device. The default (dev/ttyUSB0) is the
designation for the first USB to serial converter
cable assigned by the calorimeter upon power
up.
Customize Balance Setting: Sets the com-
munication parameters for the balance port.
Standard options for data bits, parity, stop bits,
handshaking, baud rate and balance type are
provided to match any devices that might be
connected to these ports.
» Number of Data Bits. Standard options for
data bits. Toggles between 7 and 8.
» Parity. Standard options for parity.
» Choose from None, Odd or Even.
» Number of Stop Bits. Standard options
for stop bits. Toggles between 1 and 2.
» Handshaking. Standard options for hand-
shaking. Choose from Xon/Xoff, RTS/CTS
and None.
» Baud Rate. Standard options for baud
rate. Choose from 19.2K , 9600, 4800,
2400, 1800, 1200, 600, 300, 150, 134.5, 110,
and 75.
» Data Characters from Balance. This set-
ting is only used when the generic balance
format is selected. This value determines
the number of numeric data characters
(0-9 . + -) to accept. Any additional charac-
ters after this value and before the string
terminating are discarded.
Log Balance to Display: This button will direct
the incoming data stream from the balance to
a display buffer. This function can be used to
determine the data format from an unknown
balance type. The display buffer is 40 charac-
ters in length. The balance must be forced to
issue at least 40 characters before the contents
of the buffer are displayed.
Balance Port Loopback Test: This key initiates a
loopback test on the port. A special loopback
plug is required in order to perform this test.
Network Interface: Accesses a submenu for enter-
ing details needed to communicate over a network.
Options include using a DHCP server or static IP
address.
Printer Destination: Accesses a submenu for choos-
ing whether to print to an attached printer or to a
network printer. If a network printer is to be used
the IP address of the printer will also be entered
here.
Bar Code Port: Accesses a submenu to set up a Bar
Code Scanner for use with the calorimeter.
Network Data Devices: Accesses a submenu to
input the IP addresses of networked devices such as
balances and proximate analyzers.
Further information on establishing communica-
tions for the Printer, Balance, Network Interface,
Bar Code and other Network Data Devices can be
found in Appendix D, Communication Interfaces,
of this manual.