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56 M-Class
5.1.6 Communications
SERIAL PORT A ♦
C ontrols the communicat ions settings for S eri al P ort A.
BAUD RATE
Determines the ser ial communica tion ra te.
38400
38400 bits per second
28800
28800 bits per second
19200
19200 bits per second
9600
9600 bits per second
4800
4800 bits per second
2400
2400 bits per second
1200
1200 bits per second
PROTOCOL
S ets the data flow c ontr ol ( hands haking) method.
BOTH
Us es both hands haking met hods.
SOFTWARE
XON/XOFF
HARDWARE
CTS/DTR
NONE
No f low c ontrol is used.
PARITY
Sets Word parity
NONE
No parity
ODD
Odd par i ty
EVEN
Even parity
DATA BITS
S et s W ord length
7
S even bi t W ord length
8
Eight bit W ord length
STOP BITS
S ets the nu mb er of stop bits
1
One stop bit
2
Two stop bits
PARALLEL PORT A♦
C ontrols the communications settings f or P ar allel Port A.
PORT DIRECT ION
Determines if data is sent from the pr inter to the host via the para llel port.
UNI-DIRECTIONAL
One-way p rinter commu nic ati on.
BI-DIRECTIONAL
Enables IEEE 1284 back-channel operat ion.