The device menu is used to manage the attached device. The following is a description of each menu item.
Setup the parameters that will be used to connect to the device.
RIO Id | Set the id of the unit you wish to connect to. All RIOs will respond to id 0. |
PC Port | Select the PC serial port that will be connected the RIO. |
Detect Settings | Attempt to discover the serial parameters used by the connected device |
Baud Rate | Select Baud Rate, default 9600. |
Data Bits | Only 8 is supported |
Parity | Select Parity to use, default N. |
Stop Bits | Select number of stop bits to use, default 1. |
Timeout | Set the no response timeout for the connection. |
Retries | Set the number of retries to use for the connection. |
IP Address | Set the IP address of the terminal server that you are using to connect to the RIO through. |
Port | Set the port number of the terminal server that you are using to connect to the RIO through. |
Timeout | Set the no response timeout for the connection. |
Retries | Set the number of retries to use for the connection. |
Close the connection.
Read the configuration from the device.
Write the configuration to the device.
Read the firmware software version number, serial number and id from the device.
Request the device to do a reset. This is equivalent to cycling the power on the device.