Section 1 . Introduction

1.2 Specifications

1.2.1 Serial Ports

The SDM-SIO4 has four serial ports which can be configured independently to use different serial data formats and baud rates (from 25 to 115,200 baud). These ports are 0-5V logic or ±5V for RS232 and are configured similar to a PC ‘AT’ style DTE serial port.

Handshaking, to control the flow of data to and from a sensor, can be done by the datalogger or SDM-SIO4 if needed, and can be in the form of hardware or software protocols.

 

Table 1 SDM-SIO4 Serial Port Pin Configuration

Pin No.

SDM-SIO4 Port

1.

RI ring indicate/DCD in

2.

RX in

3.

TX out

4.

DTR data terminal ready out

5.

Ground

6.

DSR in

7.

RTS request to send out

8.

CTS clear to send in

9.

+5V if internal link fitted, otherwise no connection

 

 

 

NOTE If you have an older SDM-SIO4 which has female ‘D’ type connectors, your connections will be different from those shown above. Please either refer to your earlier Manual or contact Campbell Scientific for further details.

Serial Port Buffers

Each serial port has a receive (Rx) buffer, a transmit (Tx) buffer and a processed data storage buffer. It is important to understand these buffers as their size can determine how often data must be collected from the SDM-SIO4 by the datalogger. It is important to avoid letting these buffers fill up. They are of the ‘fill and stop’ type, i.e. if they fill up, and more data is sent into the buffer, the extra data will be lost.

The receive and transmit buffers for each port are 981 bytes long and there is an additional 16-byte hardware buffer for each port.

The processed data storage buffer (used to store converted data ready for the datalogger to collect) is 891 bytes long, which is large enough for 222 4- byte Campbell Scientific floating point values (refer to the datalogger manual for more details of this format).

There is one more buffer, which is used only when the datalogger outputs floating point data via the SDM-SIO4. This buffer is 241 bytes — long enough for 60 floating point values. (The size of this buffer is rarely a limitation as it is emptied quickly.)

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