This section describes how to identify terminal ports and the parameters used for configuring them

Identifying Serial Port Numbers

The Auxiliary Serial Port on all terminals is serial port 1.

For terminals with more than one serial port, the ports are identified in NCDware displays and configuration parameters as follows:

• The serial port on an ESP board is serial port 2.
  

• If a Y cable is attached to an ESP board's serial port, the A connector is serial port 2 and the B connector is serial port 3.
  

The serial-interfaces-table controls physical aspects of serial-line communication (Setup -> Change Setup Parameters -> Serial -> Serial Interfaces Table). The table is saved in NVRAM and changes to the table take effect as soon as they are applied.

Table 15-1 serial-interfaces-table Parameter

The default serial-interfaces-table is:

serial-interfaces-table = {
    { 1 terminal terminal 9600 8 1 none none none }
    { 2 terminal terminal 9600 8 1 none none none }
    { 3 terminal terminal 9600 8 1 none none none }
    }

The serial-daemons-table specifies Serial daemon operating characteristics for each port (Setup -> Change Setup Parameters -> Serial -> Serial Daemons Table).

Table 15-2 serial-daemons-table Parameter

The default serial-daemons-table is:

serial-daemons-table = {
    { 1 false 87 seriald false nil 50 }  
    { 2 false 87 seriald false nil 50 }
    { 3 false 87 seriald false nil 50 }
    }

The parallel-daemons-table specifies operating characteristics for the parallel port (Setup -> Change Setup Parameters -> Parallel -> Parallel Daemons Table).

Table 15-3 parallel-daemons-table Parameter

The default parallel-daemons-table is:

parallel-daemons-table = {{ 1 false 5964 paralleld false nil 50 }}