Serial communication with Query Instrument

Hi, Do you know if the Query Instrument from Instrument Control Toolbox can really catch a signal from a serial connection? I'm using a Virtual Serial Connection to emulate the serial port and I am using Proteus with a dsPic to generate a train of pulses, I already put a oscilloscope in Proteus, and the pulse is going through the serial port, the only problem is the Query Instrument I am using in Simulink that is giving only zero.

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

Serial ports can only receive serial data that is correctly formed into a series, with an appropriate start bit, a series of data bits (usually 8 of them), and a the stop bit. Even within that format, decoding of the pulses is determined by voltage levels, with voltages below -3V being a bit representing logic 1, and voltages above +3V being a bit representing logic 0. By agreement, least significant bit is sent first.

Thus, if you have a train of pulses none of which -3V or lower, then no start bit will ever be deemed to have been seen, and no data will be deemed to have been transmitted. If no pulse is above +3V then no stop bit will be deemed to have been seen. The required timing of the pulses depends upon the agreed serial port rate.

[Danilo NASCIMENTO]

For example, I am using a usb-serial connection of 3.3 V to link dsPIC and Simulink. If I generate a train of pulses of period 1s and amplitude 1 in the dsPIC and pass it through serial connection, is it possible to see it in Simulink with period 1 second and amplitude 1?

[Walter Roberson]

No. Only pulses formatted as blocks with start bit and stop bit can be handled by serial.