Serial port properties

<< Click to Display Table of Contents >>

Navigation:  Settings > Scale > Port >

Serial port properties

Previous pageReturn to chapter overviewNext page

Here is a very simple explanation of each of the Serial port properties including an external link to a more detailed technical explanation.

Name

The name of the serial port device (also known as a COM port) that your digital weight indicator is connected to.

 

The drop down list contains Not connected and a list of the names of a the serial ports that have been detected.

 

You can set the Port name property to Not connected to temporarily stop Dispatch from communicating with a digital weight indicator without deleting the Scale from the database.

Baud rate

This property must be set to match the baud rate setting of your digital weight indicator.

Data bits

This property must be set to match the data bits setting of your digital weight indicator.

Parity

This property must be set to match the parity setting of your digital weight indicator.

Stop bits

This property must be set to match the stop bits setting of your digital weight indicator.