German Translation, Serial Port?

On Aug 9, 2018, at 9:39 PM, W2HX via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote: Hello friends. I need a translation from a German manual describing serial port parameters. I used google translate but it doesn't quite give me the warm and fuzzy. Anyone here speak German? Here is what it says: Betriebsart: Asynchron 16 Zeichenl?nge: 7 bit (mit Sperrschritt) Parity: gerade L?nge Sperrschritt: 1 bit Google says: Operating mode: Asynchronous 16 Character length: 7 bit (with blocking step) Parity: straight Length of blocking step: 1 bit First, anyone have any idea what Asynchronous 16 means? (async I get, but "16"?) 7 bit with blocking step. Could this mean 7 bit with stop bit? Parity: straight. Could this mean odd or even? Length of blocking step. Could this be number of stop bits?