PATTON ELECTRONICS, INC.
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   2026P

   Card Type         Interface Converter                          
   Chip Set          Patton                                       
   I/O Options       25-pin serial port, 36-pin parallel port,    
                     power                                        
   Maximum Data Rate 38.4Kbps                                     
   Data Bus          External                                     

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   +------------------------------------------------------------+
   |                        CONNECTIONS                         |
   |------------------------------------------------------------|
   |          Function          | Label |   Function    | Label |
   |----------------------------+-------+---------------+-------|
   | 36-pin parallel port       |  CN1  | Power         |  CN3  |
   |----------------------------+-------+---------------+-------|
   | 25-pin DTE/DCE serial port |  CN2  |               |       |
   +------------------------------------------------------------+

   +------------------------------------------------------------+
   |                 USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS                 |
   |------------------------------------------------------------|
   |                 Setting                 | Label | Position |
   |-----------------------------------------+-------+----------|
   |>> | Hardware flow control enabled       | SW1/1 |   Off    |
   |---+-------------------------------------+-------+----------|
   |   | Software flow control enabled       | SW1/1 |    On    |
   |---+-------------------------------------+-------+----------|
   |   | Parallel BERT output message        | SW1/1 |   Off    |
   |---+-------------------------------------+-------+----------|
   |   | Serial BERT output message          | SW1/1 |    On    |
   |---+-------------------------------------+-------+----------|
   |>> | Bit error rate test (BERT) disabled | SW1/2 |   Off    |
   |---+-------------------------------------+-------+----------|
   |   | Bit error rate test (BERT) enabled  | SW1/2 |    On    |
   |------------------------------------------------------------|
   | Note: Setting SW1/2 to the on position, activates the BERT |
   | error test and enables the secondary usage of switch SW1/1 |
   +------------------------------------------------------------+

   +------------------------------------------------------------+
   |                        DATA FORMAT                         |
   |------------------------------------------------------------|
   |   Data    |  Parity   | Stop Bits  | SW1/3 | SW1/4 | SW1/5 |
   |-----------+-----------+------------+-------+-------+-------|
   |>> | 8bits | No parity | 1 stop bit |  Off  |  Off  |  Off  |
   |---+-------+-----------+------------+-------+-------+-------|
   |   | 8bits |    Odd    | 1 stop bit |  On   |  Off  |  Off  |
   |   |       |  parity   |            |       |       |       |
   |---+-------+-----------+------------+-------+-------+-------|
   |   | 8bits |   Even    | 1 stop bit |  Off  |  On   |  Off  |
   |   |       |  parity   |            |       |       |       |
   |---+-------+-----------+------------+-------+-------+-------|
   |   | 7bits |    Odd    |   2 stop   |  On   |  On   |  Off  |
   |   |       |  parity   |    bits    |       |       |       |
   |---+-------+-----------+------------+-------+-------+-------|
   |   | 7bits |   Even    |   2 stop   |  Off  |  Off  |  On   |
   |   |       |  parity   |    bits    |       |       |       |
   |---+-------+-----------+------------+-------+-------+-------|
   |   | 7bits | No parity |   2 stop   |  On   |  Off  |  On   |
   |   |       |           |    bits    |       |       |       |
   |---+-------+-----------+------------+-------+-------+-------|
   |   | 7bits |    Odd    | 1 stop bit |  Off  |  On   |  On   |
   |   |       |  parity   |            |       |       |       |
   |---+-------+-----------+------------+-------+-------+-------|
   |   | 7bits |   Even    | 1 stop bit |  On   |  On   |  On   |
   |   |       |  parity   |            |       |       |       |
   +------------------------------------------------------------+

   +------------------------------------------------------------+
   |                         DATA RATE                          |
   |------------------------------------------------------------|
   |          Setting           |  SW1/6   |  SW1/7   |  SW1/8  |
   |----------------------------+----------+----------+---------|
   |   |         300bps         |   Off    |   Off    |   On    |
   |---+------------------------+----------+----------+---------|
   |   |         600bps         |    On    |   Off    |   On    |
   |---+------------------------+----------+----------+---------|
   |   |        1200bps         |    On    |    On    |   Off   |
   |---+------------------------+----------+----------+---------|
   |   |        2400bps         |   Off    |    On    |   On    |
   |---+------------------------+----------+----------+---------|
   |   |        4800bps         |    On    |    On    |   On    |
   |---+------------------------+----------+----------+---------|
   |>> |        9600bps         |   Off    |   Off    |   Off   |
   |---+------------------------+----------+----------+---------|
   |   |        19.2Kbps        |    On    |   Off    |   Off   |
   |---+------------------------+----------+----------+---------|
   |   |        38.4Kbps        |   Off    |    On    |   Off   |
   +------------------------------------------------------------+