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4.2Client Side Connections

Section Title

 

 

Connections

 

 

Column Title

Function

Legal Values

Port

Specify which port the device is

P1-P8, R1-R2

 

connected to the Bridge

 

Baud

Specify baud rate

2400

 

The driver supports all standard

 

 

baud rates 110 – 115200.

 

 

Gamewell panels only support a

 

 

baud rate of 2400.

 

Parity*

Specify parity

None

 

The driver supports the following

 

 

options. Even, Odd, None, Mark,

 

 

Space

 

 

The Gamewell panels only

 

 

support the use of no parity.

 

Data_Bits*

Specify data bits

8

Stop_Bits*

Specify stop bits

1

Protocol

Specify protocol used

Gamewell

 

 

 

Handshaking*

Specify hardware handshaking

None

Poll _Delay*

Time between internal polls

0-32000 seconds

 

 

default 1 second

IC_Timeout

This driver does not use an inter

0

 

character timeout system. Failing

 

 

to set the IC_Timeout to zero will

 

 

result in driver errors.

 

Example

 

 

//Client Side Connections

Connections

Port, Baud, Parity, Protocol, Handshaking, Poll_Delay, IC_Timeout

P8, 9600, None, Gamewell, None , 0.100s , 0

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FS-8700-83 specifications

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