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Address Offset

Carrier

Data Bits

Forward EIA Signals

Idle Timer

Initial State

NAU Name

Override LLC Retry Timeout

Parity

Protocol Type

Record Terminal Character

Rx Forwarding Count

Sense

Speed

Stop Bits

Tx Frame Gap


Some of these parameters are specific to Terminal or Host operation.
 

Protocol Type

This drop-down list enables you to select the protocol type for this port.
 

NAU Name

This optional field enables you to assign a name to the port. NAU names must be unique to the unit.
Range: Up to eight alphanumeric characters
 

Initial State

This option defines the port's state at system startup. If disabled, an operator must manually enable the port.
Range: Enabled or Disabled
 

Carrier

This selects the type of carrier used by the port.
Range: Switched (modem), or Constant
 

Sense

This option determines whether the port emulates Data Communication Equipment (DCE) or Data Terminal Equipment (DTE).
Range: DTE or DCE
 

Speed

This value determines the speed at which the port operates. If the port is externally clocked, the speed is determined by the clocking device, providing it doesn't exceed the maximum rate.
Range: Dependent upon the attached devices
 

Parity

This parameter defines the parity used for every async character.
Range: None, Odd, or Even
 

Data Bits

This parameter defines the number of data bits used for every async character.
Range: 5, 6, 7, or 8
 

Stop Bits

This parameter defines the number of stop bits used for every async character.
Range: 1, 1.5, or 2
 

Idle Timer

This value defines the idle timer used to indicate an end-of-frame condition.
Range: 0 -- 5000 milliseconds
 

Tx Frame Gap

This parameter sets the minimum transmit idle time between frames. This enables the other end to detect the end-of-frame condition. To disable the Tx Frame Gap, set this value to zero.
Range: 0 -- 5000 milliseconds
 

Rx Forwarding Count

This value specifies the frame forwarding counter. After receiving the specified number of characters, the unit transports the frame across the network.
Range: 1 -- 1024 characters
 

Override LLC Retry Timeout

This option enables you to override the configured N2 parameter with a value of zero.
Range: Yes or No
 

Forward EIA Signals

If enabled, the async character stream is assembled into a packet and delivered to the network after a request to send/clear to send (RTS/CTS) toggle.
Range: Enabled or Disabled
 

Address Offset

This value defines the position of the device poll address in the async character stream.
Range: 0 -- 255
 

Record Terminal (Forwarding) Character

This value enables the port to recognize the designated record terminal character, if one exists.
Range: 01 -- FF hexadecimal