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Cedex Bio System 7 Configuration
Configuration
Host definitions
Item Values Comment
Baud Rate Data transmission rate for host interface communica-
tion.
Select one of the predefined values.
Handshake Off An exchange of signals between two devices when
communication begins in order to ensure synchroni-
zation.
Hardware
XON/XOFF
Line Mode Number of bits and stop bits used during data trans-
mission.
Select one of the predefined values.
Parity Check On, Off An error detection technique that tests the integrity
of digital data in memory or on disk.
Communication
Mode
Off Download to the Cedex Bio instrument is possible,
but upload to host is not.
Batch Only manual upload to the host is possible.
Realtime Results and queries are sent during processing.
Checksum On, Off A value used to ensure that data are stored or trans-
mitted without error. It is stored with the data. When
the data are retrieved from memory or received at the
other end of a network, a new checksum is computed
and matched against the existing checksum. A non-
match indicates an error.
Order Query
Mode
Query mode allows real-time communication during
order definition of regular, rerun, and repeated tests.
Off No queries are sent.
Test orders have to be defined either manually or by
downloading them from the host.
Once A query is sent only when the sample is identified the
first time.
Always A query is sent every time the sample is identified.
Timeout 10 ... 300 s Period of time the system will wait for a response
from the host when working in Order Query Mode.
This definition applies to routine, STAT and rerun
sample tests.
Send Result
Mode
Off The results are sent to the host manually.
Complete The results are automatically sent to the host when all
results of the order are available and accepted.
Immediate Each result is automatically sent to the host as soon as
it has been accepted.
Send Raw Data On, Off Raw data include all measurement results made dur-
ing the measuring cycles, not just the calculated test
results.
Table B-21 Host definitions