User's Manual Part 2

80 Mercury Reference Manual 05-4446A01, Rev. D
Configuring for TCP
Mode
Invisible place holder
Figure 3-44. TCP Client Menu (Remote)
• Status—Enable/Disable the serial data port.
• Mode—TCP Client. This is the type of IP port offered by the
transceiver’s serial device server. [TCP, UDP; TCP]
• TX IP Address—The IP address to be used as a destination for
data received through the serial port.
[
Any legal IP address; 0.0.0.0]
• TX IP Port—The destination IP port for data packets received
through the serial port on the transceiver.
[
Any valid IP port; 30010]
• TCP Keepalive—Amount of time (in seconds) that the trans-
ceiver waits for data before terminating the TCP session.
[
0—600; 600]
• Baud Rate—Data rate (payload) for the COM port, in
bits-per-second. [1,200—115,200; 19200]
• Byte Format—Interface signaling parameters. Data bits, parity
and stop bits.
[
7N1, 7E1, 7O1, 8N1, 8E1, 8O1, 8N1, 7N2, 7E2, 7O2, 8N2, 8E2, 8O2;
8N1]
• Buffer Size—Maximum amount of characters that the Remote
end buffers locally before transmitting data through the serial
port. [
1—255; 255]
• Inter-Frame Packet Delay—A measurement representing the
end of a message, measured in tenths of a second.
[
default = 1 (that is, 1/10th of a second)]
• Commit Changes and Exit Wizard—Save and execute changes
made on this screen (shown only after changes have been
entered).