Multi-Tech Systems S000573A Configuringtheserialport

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UsingtheRouter’sWebInterface  14

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Toconfigurethetimeinterval,additionalprefixorIDinformation,andwhichNMEAsentencesthatcanbe

sent:

1. IntheIntervalfield,typetheamountoftime,inseconds,thatpassesbeforetheNMEAinformationis

sent.Thedefaultis10seconds.Therangeis1to255seconds.

2. Youcanfurtheridentifytherouter—alsocalledaremoteasset—thatiscollectingandsendingtheGPS

information.Todoso:

 AddIDTheIDisanuniqueremoteassetidentificationstring.TheIDstringcanbeanylengthupto20

characters,exceptthatthe&and$areinvalidcharacters.TheIDmustfollowthestandardNMEA

sentencestructure.RefertotheUniversalIPATCommandsReferenceGuideforsentencestructure.

 ToaddmoreinformationtothebeginningoftheID,intheAddIDPrefixfield,typetheinformation.

3. YoucanselectwhichNMEAsentencetypesyouwanttosend.Todoso,checkthe��desiredoptions:GCA,

GSA,GSV,GLL,RMC,andVTG.

Configuringtheserialport

ToconfiguretheserialterminalconnectedtotheRS‐232connectorDE9ontherouter:

1. FromSetup,selectSerialIPConfiguration.

2. Inthepanethatappears,checkEnabled.

3. FromtheBaudRatedrop‐downlist,selectthebaud‐rateatwhichtheserialterminalcommunicates.The

defaultis115200.

4. FromtheFlowControldrop‐downlist,selecttheflowcontrolfortheserialport.TheselectionsareNone

orRTS‐CTS.ThedefaultisNone.

5. FromtheParitydrop‐downlist,selecttheparityfortheserialport.TheselectionsareNone,Even,or

Odd.ThedefaultisNone.

6. TousetheModbusprotocolastheprotocoltheserialdevicesusetocommunicate,checkModbus.

7. FromtheDataBitsdrop‐downlist,selectthedatabitsfortheserialport.Databitselectionis7or8.The

defaultis8.

8. FromtheStopBitsdrop‐downlist,selectthestopbitsfortheserialport.Theselectionsare1or2.The

defaultis1.