User`s guide

Configure Physical Serial Ports
Chapter 5 Configure Ports 66
About Basic and Advanced Serial Port Settings
Besides using the quick-start procedure that applies to all serial ports,
serial port settings can be modified from their factory defaults. The Digi
Passport unit has two levels of serial port configuration settings:
• Basic configuration: Basic serial port settings needed for all ports.
• Advanced configuration: The complete set of serial port settings.
To Illustrate, here are examples of the basic and advanced configuration
settings for the same port:
Links to other port configuration settings
This topic focuses on the Basic and Advanced port configuration settings
and on configuring automatic detection for serial ports. There are several
other links to port settings on the Configuration screen which are covered d
later in this chapter:
• Port access menu configuration: Configures the basic access
options for the command-line based Port Access Menu.See "Port
Access Menu Configuration" on page 86.
• Port group configuration: Configures groups of ports, which allows for
commands to be sent to multiple ports. See "Port Group Configuration:
Applying Commands to Multiple Ports" on page 87.
Basic configuration settings: Advanced configuration settings: