Setup guide

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BX2
Serial & Telemetry Ports
This allows each serial port (Serial 1, 2, 3 (Bus A) and 4 (Bus B)) to be congured for a specic function. The unit
supports a number of serial protocols, this menu allows the peripheral serial protocol to be selected.
Port
Port usage
Baud rate
Parity
Data bits
Stop bits
Flow control
Serial 1
Debug
38400
None
8
1
None
Serial 1, Serial2, Serial 3, Serial 4
1200 - 115200
None, Odd, Even
8, 7
1, 0, 2
None, Hard, Soft
Debug, General purpose, PPP,
Telemetry, Text in Image, Off
Port
It is possible to congure all serial ports within this menu.
Use the
or button to select the port for conguration, the ports are Serial 1, Serial 2 which support RS232
and Serial 3 (Bus A) and Serial 4 (Bus B) which support RS232 and RS485.
Port Usage
This will dene the functionality to be allocated to each of the serial ports, the options available are:
• Debug - This is the default setting for COM 1 and allows communication between a PC application
(e.g. HyperTerminalTM) and the unit.
• General Purpose - This would be selected in systems where custom applications are used with the
unit.
• PPP (PPP Link 2) - If the unit is congured for PPP, this option must be selected, this option is only
available on Serial 1 and Serial 2.
• Telemetry (RS232 or RS485 depending on port) - There are various telemetry serial protocols
available, when this is selected the serial protocols list will be displayed, refer to Telemetry Type.
• Text In Image - The unit supports the ability to integrate text information from third party
application with the video recorded on the unit. Selecting this will allow the serial text device to
communicate with the unit.
• Off - If the serial port is to be disabled.
Baud Rate, Parity, Data Bits, Stop Bits, Flow Control
These settings are displayed for protocols that may require some conguration.
These are the default settings of the selected serial device.
Refer to the relevant manufacturer manual for the peripheral serial device for this information.
Telemetry Type
When the telemetry option is selected within ‘Port Usage’, the RS232 and RS485 serial protocols supported on
the unit will be displayed.