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10. MSTTERM PROGRAM: M-STATION TERMINAL EMULATION
The MSTTERM program uses the USB interface on the computer and M-Station to communicate with
a 78K0 or 78K0S MCU on a micro-board or in a target system. The USB interface on the M-Station
provides a UART device that can be connected to the 78K0 or 78K0S MCU for flash-programming
operations through a UART port. Typically, the same physical connections used for flash programming
also can be used for UART communication.
The MSTTERM program allows characters typed on the computer keyboard to be sent through the
USB channel to the USB interface device on the M-Station, and then transmitted from the UART of the
USB interface device to a connected UART of the 78K0 or 78K0S MCU. Characters sent from the
UART of the 78K0 or 78K0S MCU are received by the UART on the USB interface device, read
through the USB channel to the computer, and then displayed in the window of the MSTTERM terminal
program.
The MSTTERM program provides the following features:
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Full- or half-duplex communication through the M-Station to the micro-board
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Baud rates of 9600, 19200, 38400, and 76800
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Selection of fixed-point fonts and characters sizes
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Saving and restoring of parameters to and from .MST files
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Copy and paste operations to transfer data to or from the micro-board
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Optional capture of communication to text files, with pause and resume functions
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Sending of a text file to the micro-board
The MSTTERM program uses Microsoft .NET Framework version 1.1, and requires this software to be
installed on the computer. A file to install the Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 is supplied on the CD-
ROM bundled with the M-Station baseboard, in the \Software\DotNET directory. If your computer has
access to the Internet, the Microsoft .NET Framework also can be installed from
http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/howtoget/default.aspx
or by using the Windows Update feature of your Windows operating system.
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