Parameter

Tells ESL to ...

Flow Control:

tandem (default)

Send and obey flow control

-tandem (default)

Do not send or obey flow control

Parity:

nopar

Do not receive or transmit parity

evenpar (default)

Generate even parity

oddpar

Generate odd parity

markpar

Generate mark parity (parity bit = 1)

spacepar

Generate space parity (parity bit = 0)

Databits:

databits 7

Generate 7 bits per character (this is the default, if parity is anything except nopar)

databits 8

Generate 8 bits per character (this is the default, if parity is nopar)

Stopbits:

stopbits 1 (default)

Generate one stop bit per character

stopbits 2        

Generate two stop bits per character