NEX ROBOTICS SPARK V ATMEGA16 Hardware Manual page 90

SPARK V ATMEGA16 Hardware Manual
6.4 Using the Terminal software to control robot via USB port or ZigBee
wireless module
Terminal is easy to use free software for serial communication. It is located in the "Software and
Drivers" folder in the documentation CD. It can also be downloaded from http://hw-
server.com/software/termv19b.html. Serial communication protocol covered in the section 6.1B
can be used with the terminal software control robot over wire or wireless medium.
Step 1:
Copy Terminal software on the PC from the "Software and Drivers" folder from the
documentation CD and double click on the terminal software. The terminal window will open
up.
Figure 6.4
Step 2:
Select correct jumper setting of J5 to use USB for XBee wireless module for interfacing with the
robot. For more details, refer to sections 6.2 and 6.3
Identify the com port. For more details refer to section 4.6.3
Current version of the terminal software does not support COM port number greater than 10. If
identified COM port number is more than 10 then to change it refer to section 4.6.4.
Specify the COM port in the terminal software
Set the baud rate at 9600 bps
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