Fluke 5020A user manual Serial, Print

Menu Functions 5

System Menu

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Figure 5-41. Comm Setting

The B C buttons are used to change the parameter setting. Press the E button to save the new setting. Press the F button to cancel any changes and exit to the menu.

Serial

When the SERIAL port is selected, the parameters for the serial port are displayed beneath the PORT selection. These parameters are: BAUD, LF, ECHO, SER PER, and

PRINT.

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Figure 5-42. Serial

The BAUD parameter allows the user to select the baud rate for communications on this port. The user may choose between 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400, and 57600. The default baud rate is 9600.

The LF parameter allows the user to specify whether a linefeed character (ASCII 0A hex or 10 decimal) is appended to the end of each line transmitted over the serial port. Selecting ON sends both a carriage return (ASCII 0A hex or 13 decimal) and a linefeed. Selecting OFF sends only a carriage return.

The ECHO parameter allows the user to set the echo (duplex) mode. Selecting ON enables echoing so that all characters received on the serial port are echoed back over the

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