REFERENCES 5

5 REFERENCES

5.1 RS232 PARAMETERS

5.1.1 Handshaking

Hardware handshaking: (RTS/CTS)
The RTS line is activated by the decoder before transmitting a character.
Transmission is possible only if the CTS line (controlled by the Host) is active.
RTS
Transmitted data Transmitted data
TX
CTS Host busy
Signals at
EIA levels
RTS/CTS handshaking
Software handshaking: (XON/XOFF)
During transmission, if the Host sends the XOFF character (13 Hex), the decoder
interrupts the transmission with a maximum delay of one character and only resumes
when the XON character (11 Hex) is received.
Host read
y
Host busy
XON XOFF
RX
Transmitted dataTransmitted data
TX
XON/XOFF handshaking
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