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Troubleshooting Serial Communications

Step 4 - Troubleshooting with HyperTerminal

If you still are unable to communicate with the terminal, here are a few tips for using HyperTerminal (included with Windows) to try to connect to the homebase.

HyperTerminal will be located under Accessories, but the location varies with the version of windows you have.

Give a name to the connection you are creating and press OK.

Select the serial port that you want to use.  This is the PC serial port that is connected to the Homebase.

Set the communications properties as shown here.  You must use 57600 baud!  Press OK to try to connect.

If you see the following message, then your serial port is in use by some other software.  You must exit or disable the other software before you can use that port for ITScriptNet.

If you are able to connect, HyperTerminal will display CONNECTED in the status bar at the bottom.

Now, place the Dolphin in the homebase and select Load Program from the terminal's main menu.  The Terminal should go into receive mode, and HyperTerminal should receive a 'C' character once every few seconds.  At the same time, the green COMM light should flash.

This indicates that the terminal is polling for the file to be sent.  Type a few characters on the PC Keyboard.  The COMM light should flash red with each key you type.  If so, you are communicating and should be able to use ITScriptNet to send and receive data.

 

 

 

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