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Serial Settings:Modem Line Settings:Line DCD State

Short name: DCD State

Member of the Serial Instr class.

This property represents the current state of the Data Carrier Detect (DCD) input signal. This is often used by modems to indicate the detection of a carrier (modem) on the phone line. This is also known as Receive Line Signal Detect (RLSD). This property is Read Only except when the Wire Mode property is set to RS232/DCE, or RS232/AUTO with the hardware currently in the DCE state.

Valid values include the following:

-1 Unknown
0 Unasserted
1 Asserted

Remarks

The following table lists the characteristics of this property.

Data Type
Access, sessions use Read/Write

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