Encapsulation Settings

Encapsulation settings define what incoming serial data is recorded into the serial-to-Ethernet routing buffer and when and how this data is combined into the network packets and sent to the network host. For more information see serial-to-Ethernet data routing.

Setting	Description
Maximum Packet Length (ML) setting	Defines after how many new bytes recorded into the serial-to-Ethernet buffer a break condition will be generated
Maximum Intercharacter Delay (MD) setting	Defines the maximum time gap between two consecutive characters recorded into the serial-to-Ethernet buffer, exceeding which will trigger a break condition
Start On Any Character (SA) setting	Defines whether the (next) data block can be opened by a specific character or any character
Use Start Character (F1) setting	Enables or disables the use of the start character
Start Character Code (S1) setting	Defines ASCII code of the start character
Use Stop Character (U1) setting	Enables or disables the use of the stop character
Stop Character Code (E1) setting	Defines ASCII code of the stop character
Number of Post Characters (P1) setting	Defines the number of post characters for the stop character