User`s manual

8 Serial Port I/O
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Property Reference
This section includes information to help you learn about serial port properties.
The information is organized using these topics:
•“The Property Reference Page Format” describes the organization of the
property reference pages.
•“Serial Port Object Properties” summarizes the properties using several
categories based on how they are used. Following this section, the properties
are listed alphabetically and described in detail.
The Property Reference Page Format
Each serial port property description contains some or all of this information:
•The property name
•A description of the property
•The property characteristics, including:
- Read only – the condition under which the property is read only
A property can be read only always, never, while the serial port object is
open, or while the serial port object is recording. You can configure a
property value using the
set function or dot notation. You can return the
current property value using the
get function or dot notation.
- Data type – the property data type
This is the data type you use when specifying a property value.
•Valid property values including the default value
When property values are given by a predefined list, the default value is
usually indicated by
{}.
•An example using the property
•Related properties and functions