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RS-232IEEE 488 INTERFACE CONVERTER
Figure 4-6. Interface Converter Settings for Use with HP 7580A Plotteron an IBM PC.

When using the interface converter with plotting programs on the Macintosh

computer with graphic drivers such as MacPlot®, some serial data format

parameters are user-modifiable. The following is a partial MacPlot config-

uration screen which allows selection of baud rate, stop bits, and parity. With

this driver, the word length is fixed to 7 data bits with X-ON/X-OFF serial

control. These non-modifiable defaults are plotter dependent. Refer

to the plotter or driver manual for the defaults of the specific plotter.

For this example, 57600 baud with one stop bit and no parity has been

chosen for the serial data format.

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SW2

Mode
Talk-Back on Timeout
Serial Term
C
Enabled
CR
Switch
Side
View
DOT
Echo
Parity
No Echo
Even
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SW3

IEEE Addr
IEEE Term
EOI
5
CR Only
Enabled
Switch
Side
View
DOT
Switch
Side
View
DOT
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SW1

Baud Rate
Handshake
Word Length
9600
X-ON/X-OFF
7 Data Bits
Talk-Back on Terminator Enabled
Stop Bits 1 Stop Bit