
UNILINK HOST
ADAPTER3–1
USER MANUAL
CHAPTER
3
CONFIGURING THEHOST COMPUTER PORT3.1 THE HOST COMPUTER INTERFACE
The
UNILINK Host
Adapter communicates with a wide range of host computer
devices through a serial binary data interface using EIA RS–232–C control
signals and EIA RS–423–A drivers as illustrated in Figure 3–1. This port is
configurable for baud rates up to 38.4K bits per second; synchronous or
asynchronous
modem operation; full or half duplex; and even, odd, or no parity
.
A
choice of two data link protocols are available;
the Non–Intelligent T
erminal
Protocol (NITP) or BDLC, a byte-oriented subset of the ANSI X3.66 standard
protocol.
Host
Computer
UNILINK
RS–232–C/RS–423–A