Communications Section

 
Figure 14.4 Design Pad G4 Preferences Communications Tab

  

Specify the communications port to be used when downloading programs to the node with this pulldown.

Choose which hardware will be used to communicate with the node, an infrared wand or via one of two cable connections to the computer on which the schema resides.

Communication between the computer and the hardware may be single- or multi-threaded. Single threaded communication is available for compatibility to legacy products.  All new generation products use multi-threaded communication.