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Table 31. Summary of the Serial I/O Models
I/O Model
Applicable I/O
Pins
Total Pins
per Object
Input/Output Value
Bitshift Input Any adjacent pair
(except IO7 + IO8 &
IO10 + IO11)
2 Up to 16 bits of clocked data
Bitshift Output Any adjacent pair
(except IO7 + IO8 &
IO10 + IO11)
2 Up to 16 bits of clocked data
I
2
C IO8 + IO9 or IO0 +
IO1
2 Up to 255 bytes of
bidirectional serial data
Magcard Bitstream IO8 + IO9 + (one of
IO0 – IO7)
2 or 3 Unprocessed serial data
stream from a magnetic card
reader
Magcard Input IO8 + IO9 + (one of
IO0 – IO7)
2 or 3 Encoded ISO7811 track 2
data stream from a magnetic
card reader
Magtrack1 IO8 + IO9 + (one of
IO0 – IO7)
2 or 3 Encoded ISO3554 track 1
data stream from a magnetic
card reader
Neurowire I/O IO8 + IO9 + IO10 +
(one of IO0 – IO7)
4 Up to 256 bits of bidirectional
serial data
SCI (UART)
1
IO8 + IO10 2 Up to 255 bytes input and 255
bytes output
Serial Input IO8 1 8-bit characters
Serial Output IO10 1 8-bit characters
SPI IO8 + IO9 + IO10 +
(IO7)
3 or 4 Up to 255 byes of
bidirectional data
Wiegand Input Any adjacent pair in
IO0 – IO7
2 Encoded data stream from
Wiegand card reader
Notes:
1. The SCI (UART) model is available for the following device types: PL 3120-E4, PL
3150, PL 3170, FT 5000, Neuron 5000, FT 6000, and Neuron 6000.
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