German Translation, Serial Port?

[W2HX]

thanks everyone!
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From: Paul Koning <paulkoning at comcast.net>
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2018 9:22 AM
To: W2HX; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: 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
> Zeichenlänge:  7 bit (mit Sperrschritt)
> Parity: gerade
> Länge 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?

Yes, stop bit, one bit long.  Even parity.    No idea about the 16.

        paul