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Content | SerialTransmitBuffer AllcharacterstransmittedbytheADI/MDIoriginatefromtheTransmit Buffer.TheunitassemblesatransmissionstringinitsTransmitbufferbefore sendingthatstringoutontheserialport.Transmissionstringsarelimitedin lengthbythesizeoftheTransmitbuffer.TheADI/MDIcantransmit characterstringsofupto255bytes,includingthedesignatedstring terminator,whichisusuallytheunit’sSerialTerminatorcharacter.Any attempttoassembletransmissionstringslongerthan255charactersresultsin theunitissuinganErrorCodeandabortingthetransmission. YoucanPAUSE,RESUME,andABORTcertaintransmissionsbyissuing theESCAPEand<CR>characters.Whiletransmittingresponsesforanyof theCommands,theunitacceptstheESCAPEcharacterasasignaltoPAUSE thetransmissionattheendofthecurrentline.TheADI/MDIRESUMEsthe transmissiononceitreceivesa<CR>character.Iftheunitreceivesasecond ESCAPEcharacterbeforethetransmissionisRESUMEd,theunitabortsthe transmissionbytransmittingaclosing<CR><LF>pair. Note:TheADI/MDIcannotprocessMessageTimeOuts,oranynewMessage requests,whileatransmissionisPAUSEd.PeriodicEntriesthatreachtheir Activationtimes,andElapsedTimersthatreachtheirTriggervaluesare markedforprocessingwhilethetransmissionisPAUSEd,butarenot processeduntilthetransmissionisRESUMEd. SerialTerminatorCharacter TheADI/MDIutilizesitsSerialTerminatorcharacterbothtorecognize thatitshouldprocessitsReceivebuffer,andtoterminatemostofits transmissionstringsintheTransmitBuffer.YoucanprogramtheTerminator intherangefrom01hto40h,excludingtheBACKSPACEcharacter(08h-8), theESCAPEcharacter(1Bh-27),andthe10numericcharacters(30h(48)to 39h(57).AswithallRLCproductswithserialcommunications,thedefault valuefortheTerminatoris‘ ‘. AUniversalTerminatorcharacterisalsoavailableforyouruse,theASCII NULLcharacter(00h-0).AllADI/MDIandMDSunitsrespondtothis characterastheydototheirrespectiveprogrammedSerialTerminator character.Therefore,ifyouforget,orcannotidentifyaparticularunit’s programmedTerminator,youcanusethischaracterintheinterim. ManyASCIIterminalsandTerminalEmulationprogramscannottransmit thischaracter.However,youcanissuethischaracterfromtheRLCTerminal Emulatorbypressing<CTRL-END>. SerialportEmbeddedDataitemscanutilizetheADI/MDI’sSerial Terminator,ortheycanspecifytheirownTerminatorcharacter,independent oftheunit’sTerminator.Whiletheunitiscollectingadataitemfromthe serialport,itacceptstheTerminatorspecifiedbythatitem.AnEmbedded Dataitem’sTerminatorcanrangefrom01h(1)toFFh(255),excludingthe BACKSPACEandESCAPEcharacters. SerialTransmitDelay AllRedLionControlsproductscontainingserialportsutilizeReceive buffers.WhenaparticularRLCunitreceivesitsTerminatorcharacter, usuallyan‘ ‘,itmustinterruptthecurrenttaskitisprocessing,inorderto processthecontentsoftheReceivebuffer. Thisinterruptiontakessomefiniteamountoftime,ontheorderof10’sor even100’sofmilliseconds.Theunitcannotreceiveanyadditionalcharacters whileitisprocessingthebuffer,and,oncefinished,mustreturntothe interruptedtaskathand.Therefore,amethodforestablishingaminimum timebetweenconsecutivetransmissionsisnecessary. TheSerialTransmitDelaysettingcontrolstheminimumdelaytime betweentheendofonetransmissionstringandthebeginningofthenext stringfromtheunit.TheTransmitDelayvaluecanrangefrom0seconds(NO delay)to2.5seconds.TheADI/MDIautomaticallyrunsaTransmitDelayat theendofeverytransmissionstring.ItalsorunsTransmitDelaysafter <CR><LF>pairsinallofitsCommandresponsetransmissions. Inaddition,provisionshavebeenmadeforyoutoinsertTransmitDelays anywhereinatransmissionstringthatyoudeemnecessaryoressential.In ordertoforcetheunittorunaTransmitDelayataparticularlocationina transmissionstring,youinsertthe‘ t’character(ALT-T)atthedesired locationinthestring.Whentheunitencountersthe‘ t’characterwhile processingitsTransmitbuffer,itrunsaTransmitDelayinsteadof transmittingthecharacter.OncetheTransmitDelayhasexpired,theunit continuesontothenextcharacterinthebuffer. -70- |
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