Paradise P300 Change, Tx/Rx, ESC/Aux/BA, Interfaces Menu, Local, Remote, Aux Interface

6.6.33Change, Tx/Rx, ESC/Aux/BA, INTERFACES Menu

This leads to the selection of the ESC and Aux interfaces. The interface selection screens are only shown for active ports, and so either or both may show in turn depending on how the ports are defined for use. If both are active then the ESC interface is selected first. NOTE that these are some of the few menus which appears on both Tx & Rx menu trees, but for which the setting is common to both !

ESC Interface

Tx & Rx ESC Interface: [Link-R]

1=RS232 2=RS422 3=RS485 4:Link to remote M&C

Change, Tx/Rx, ESC/Aux/BA, Cfg Interfaces, ESC Menu

All options except 4 are self explanatory, [Link-R] means Link-Remote and [Link-L] Link-Local. Option 4 leads onto the following menu:

Internal link to M&C Port: [Local]

1=Local M&C PC end 2=Remote end

Change, Tx/Rx, ESC/Aux/BA, Cfg Interfaces, ESC, Link to M&C

This instructs the Modem make an internal link between the ESC port and the remote M&C port. It must be set specifically for the end of the link the modem is located at. When either of these options are selected, the physical ESC port is disabled, as it is linked internally to the M&C port.

LOCAL	Incoming messages (on this modems remote M&C port Rx lines from the M&C
	Master device) are routed directly to the Tx ESC channel and out over the satellite
	link. Messages from the incoming satellite link on the Rx ESC channel are routed
	onto the Tx output lines of the remote M&C port, to return the responses to the
	Master M&C device.
REMOTE	Messages from the incoming satellite link on the Rx ESC channel are driven onto
	the remote M&C port Rx (input) lines, allowing any devices daisy chained to the
	remote M&C port to receive a message (including this modem). Messages
	present on the remote M&C port Tx (output) lines, which includes any response
	from this unit or any device daisy chained to the remote M&C port, are routed to
	the Tx ESC channel and back via the satellite link.

Aux Interface

Following the ESC interface selection the Aux port may be configured (self explanatory):

Aux Interface: [RS232] 1=RS232 2=RS422

Change, Tx/Rx, ESC/Aux/BA, Cfg Interfaces, Aux Menu

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