Data Sheet

RS-232/UART/RS-422/RS-485 Characteristics

Bus Setup Options

Characteristic

Description

RS-232/UART

Sources (Transmit

and Receive)

Analog channels 1-4

Digital channels D0-D15 (MSO models only)

RS-422/RS-485

Sources (Transmit

and Receive)

Analog channels 1-4

Thresholds

Per-channel thresholds

Recommended Probing

RS-232/UART

Single Ended

RS-422/RS-485

Differential

Polarity

Normal (RS-232)

Inverted (UART, RS-422/RS-485)

Decode Configuration

Bit rate

Pre-defined list

of rates

50 b/s - 2.8 Mb/s

Custom

50 b/s - 10 Mb/s

Data bits

7, 8, or 9

Parity

None,Odd,or Even

Packets

On or Off

End of packet

00h (NUL)

0Ah (LF)

0Dh (CR)

20h (SP)

FFh

Formats Available

Hex

Binary

ASCII

Display Modes

Bus

Bus only

Bus and

Waveforms

Simultaneous display of bus and digital waveforms

Event Table

Decoded packet data in a tabular view

Bus Trigger and Search Options

Characteristic

Description

Trigger and/or

Search On

Tx Start Bit

Rx Start Bit

Tx End of Packet

Rx End of Packet

Tx Data (number of bytes 1-10)

Rx Data (number of bytes 1-10)

Tx Parity Error

Rx Parity Error

Bus Decode

Characteristic

Description

Maximum Bit Rate

Up to 10 Mb/s (for automated decoding of bus)

Decode Display

Data (cyan box)

Errors (red box)

-Parity

-Framing

RS-232 bus setup, showing bit rate options for RS-232 bus.

Triggering on a specific Tx data value on the RS-232 bus.

Event table for RS-232 bus with all captured packets time stamped and in a tabular view.