Comm Section

The serial port settings in the Comm section determine the interaction between ScanWedge and the serial port.

Comm Section

Description

Default

Available Values

Key

 

Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enable

Enables (or disables) ScanWedge to

0

0=Disabled; no data is received

 

receive and interpret data from the

 

1=Enabled; ScanWedge receives

 

serial port.

 

data from the serial port

 

 

 

(specified in the Port key) as

 

 

 

keystrokes to the foreground

 

 

 

application.

 

 

 

 

AutoConnect

Enables or disables the auto-

0

0=Disabled; ScanWedge opens the

 

connection between ScanWedge

 

serial port immediately at startup

 

and the serial port.

 

and doesn’t close until

 

 

ScanWedge is closed. This is the

 

 

 

 

 

 

recommended setting when the

 

 

 

serial port is port 2 or 3.

 

 

 

1=Enabled; ScanWedge connects to

 

 

 

the serial port when a power

 

 

 

source is detected and

 

 

 

disconnects when the power

 

 

 

source is removed/not detected.

 

 

 

 

Port

Specifies the serial port to use to

 

The use of port 4/6 is not

 

connect to ScanWedge.

 

encouraged.

 

Note: This setting is ignored for Port 4.

 

 

 

 

 

 

FlowControl

Specifies the flow control method to

4

1=Software (Xon-Xoff)

 

use–software only, hardware only, or

 

2=Hardware

 

software and hardware.

 

3=Hardware and software

 

Note: This setting is ignored for Port 4.

 

4=No flow control

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BaudRate

Specifies the baud rate for the serial

38400

X=The appropriate baud rate.

 

port.

 

 

 

Note: This setting is ignored for Port 4.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parity

Specified the parity for the connection.

0

0=No parity

 

 

 

1=Odd parity

 

Note: This setting is ignored for Port 4.

 

2=Even parity

 

 

 

3=Mark parity

 

 

 

4=Space parity

 

 

 

 

DataBits

Specifies the number of bits per byte to

8

X=Number of bits per byte

 

use.

 

 

 

Note: This setting is ignored for Port 4.

 

 

 

 

 

 

StopBits

Specified the number of stop bits to

0

0=1 stop bit

 

use.

 

1=1.5 stop bits

 

 

 

2=2 stop bits

 

Note: This setting is ignored for Port 4.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Rev A

Dolphin® Power Tools User’s Guide

 

8/6/08

 

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Honeywell 9900 manual Comm Section