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Basic serial settings
After selecting a port profile, the profile settings are displayed. Choose the appropriate features for
your environment. Here are brief descriptions of the fields in the Basic Serial Settings; see the
online help for detailed information about each setting.
 The Description field specifies an optional character string for the port which can be used to
identify the device connected to the port.
 Basic Serial Settings include MEI Type, Baud Rate, Data Bits, Parity, Stop Bits, and
Flow Control. MEI (multi-electronic interface) Type sets the type of serial interface if the
ConnectPort LTS is MEI version. The MEI version has three kinds of serial interfaces: RS232,
RS422/485Full, and RS485Half. If the ConnectPort LTS is not the MEI version, MEI Type will
be fixed to RS232 and you cannot change it. Other basic serial port settings must match the
serial settings of the connected device. If you do not know these settings, consult the
documentation that came with your serial device. These serial settings may be documented as
9600 8N1, which means that the device is using a baud rate of 9600 bits per second, 8 data bits,
no parity, and 1 stop bit.
 When using RealPort (COM port redirection), these settings are supplied by applications
running on the PC or server, and the default values on the ConnectPort LTS product do not need
to be changed.