Serial Port Setup - NDS ConductOR User Manual

Serial Port Setup

Hardware Setup
Turn the ConductOR on.
Connect your PC to the ConductOR using a standard RS-232 (NDS P/N 35D0003 or equivalent) cable.
Hyper Terminal Setup
The table at the bottom of this page 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 a COM port from the Connect using drop down menu and click OK.
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 :070100078F and press Enter.
!0000C0 is displayed
Type :0000000080 and press Enter.
!000058J0039RBBxx is displayed. Where:
! = Start of response.
0000 = Response OK.
58J = BIOS type.
0039 = BIOS number.
R = Revision letter.
BB = Build number (minor revision).
xx = Checksum
A complete set of ConductOR serial commands is available. See the
2.
Parameter Setting
Baud Rate 19200
Parity None
Data Bits 8
Stop Bits 1
Flow Control None
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