This is a single character that indicates a completed message to the multiport in Modes of Operation 2, 3, 4 and 5. Data is held in the buffer of the multiport until the message terminating character is received from the peripheral device which defines a complete message. The message is eventually sent to the host device depending on which mode of message multiplexing the multiport is operating in. The single message terminating character is in the form of any
Factory default is Carriage Return (0D Hex).
The data block length is the maximum number of characters per data block transmitted out of the host port while operating in Mode 6. You may select a data block length of 1 to 250 characters.
Factory default is 32 characters.
The control character is used to select specific peripheral ports, to request messages, for port identification purposes, and to access configuration mode. To select a peripheral port, the host device sends the control character followed by the desired peripheral port number. To request messages in Mode 3 of operation, the host device sends the control character followed by capital S. To request messages in Mode 4 and Mode 5 of operation, the host device sends the control character, capital S, and the desired peripheral port number. In Mode 6 of operation, the host port sends the control character and the source peripheral port number preceding each data block. The control character may consist of any single character from 00 Hex to 7F Hex.
Factory default is Control-T (14 Hex).
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