Frequent timeouts with RS232 communications
Because the RS232 interface is not a true bus, data collisions may occur sporadically in the event that
several modules are communicating simultaneously. The application constantly attempts to handle
these data collisions in order to ensure that communications continue running without interruption.
The probability that timeouts occur (i.e. no answer from the module) can be reduced if one:
- Reduces the time interval of the command GET STATE or switches it off when status
information is not used,
- or/and increases the baud rate of the RS232 interface,
- or/and increases slightly the communications timeout under ,,Preferences'' in the main window,
- or/and initializes or simultaneously triggers fewer modules if at all possible.