Target Support Package™ TC2

SCI Setup

Configure COM ports for host-side SCI Transmit and Receive blocks

Library

c2000scilib in Target Support Package™ TC2 software

Description

Standardize COM port settings for use by the host-side SCI Transmit and Receive blocks. Setting COM port configurations globally with the SCI Setup block avoids conflicts (e.g., the host-side SCI Transmit block cannot use COM1 with settings different than those the COM1 used by the host-side SCI Receive block) and requires that you set configurations only once for each COM port. The SCI Setup block is a stand alone block.

Dialog Box

Communication Mode

Raw data or protocol. Raw data is unformatted and sent whenever the transmitting side is ready to send, whether the receiving side is ready or not. No deadlock condition can occur because there is no wait state. Data transmission is asynchronous. With this mode, it is possible the receiving side could miss data, but if the data is noncritical, using raw data mode can avoid blocking any processes.

If you specify protocol mode, some handshaking between host and target occurs. The transmitting side sends $SND indicating that it is ready to transmit. The receiving side sends back $RDY indicating that it is ready to receive. The transmitting side then sends data and, when the transmission is completed, it sends a checksum.

Advantages to using protocol mode include

• Ensures that data is received correctly (checksum)

• Ensures that data is actually received by target

• Ensures time consistency; each side waits for its turn to send or receive

Note   Deadlocks can occur if one SCI Transmit block is trying to communicate with more than one SCI Receive block on different COM ports when both are blocking (using protocol mode). Deadlocks cannot occur on the same COM port.

Baud rate

Choose from 110, 300, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, or 115200.

Number of stop bits

Select 1 or 2.

Parity mode

Select none, odd, or even.

Timeout

Enter any value greater than or equal to 0, in seconds. When the COM port involved is using protocol mode, this value indicates how long the transmitting side waits for an acknowledgement from the receiving side or how long the receiving side waits for data. The system displays a warning message if the time-out is exceeded, every n number of seconds, n being the value in Timeout.

Note   Simulink® actually suspends processing for the length of the time-out, and you will not be able to perform any Simulink action. If the time-out is set for a long period of time, it may appear that Simulink has frozen.

SCI Receive

SCI Transmit