Serial Port Setup And Test - NDS ScaleOR User Manual

Serial Port Setup and Test

Hardware Setup
Turn the ScaleOR on. Connect your PC to the ScaleOR using a USB to Mini 5 USB (NDS P/N 35Z0047)
or equivalent cable.
Device Manager
Open the PC's Device Manager, and select Ports (COM & LPT). Find the USB Serial Port (COMx) entry.
Use the port number in the ( ) when you setup Hyper Terminal.
Hyper Terminal Setup
The table below shows the serial port parameters.
Click Start
Select All Programs > Accessories > Communications
Click Hyper Terminal
Enter a name for the new connection and click OK.
In the Connect To menu, select the COM port number that matches the USB Serial Port you found
using the Device Manager
In the COM Properties menu:
Set Bits per second to 19200
Set Data bits to 8
Set Parity to None
Set Stop bits to 1
Set Flow control to None
Click OK
Click File, click Properties, then select ASCII Setup from the Properties menu
In the ASCII Setup menu select:
Echo typed characters locally.
Click OK to exit ASCII Setup
Click OK to exit configuration. Click File and select Save to save the configuration.
Serial Port Test
Place the cursor in the text area of the Hyper Terminal window and press Enter, !0003C3 is displayed.
Type :0000000080 and press Enter.
!000058J0079RBBxx is displayed. Where:
! = Start of response.
0000 = Response OK.
58J = BIOS type.
0079 = BIOS number.
R = Revision letter.
BB = Build number (minor revision).
xx = Checksum
A complete set of ScaleOR serial commands is available. See the
from the Connect Using drop down menu and click OK.
Parameter
Baud Rate
Parity
Data Bits
Stop Bits
Flow Control
Setting
19200
None
8
1
None
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