Setting Up Hyperterminal

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Communication with the PC’s serial port (or virtual serial port over USB-Serial converter) may be better viewed on serial emulation software that will transparently display received ASCII data and likewise be able to send data using the keyboard. One of such software is the Hyperterminal. The HyperTerminal is a bundled software that comes with MS Windows OS.

 

This mini-tutorial will show how to quickly set-up the Hyperterminal for your MCU projects:

 

1.       Open Hyper terminal by going to Start > Programs > Accessories > Communications > Hyper Terminal on Windows XP. Or simply type “hypertrm” in Start>Run.

 

You should see the connection description window as below. Type the session name of your choice and press OK.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.       Choose the Serial port you are using on the “Connect To” window  and press OK. If you are using a serial-to-USB converter cable, check the virtual COM port that the converter driver will create under device manager.

 

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3.       Configure the port parameters in the Properties window. Below is the common configuration. Change according to your application.


Bits per second : 9600
Data bits : 8
Parity : None
Stop bits : 1
Flow control : None
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4.       Next, go to  File > Properties

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.       Select ASCII setup in the settings tab.

 

6.       Click on “ ASCII Setup” button and setup as below. Again,this is the common settings, you may change according to your requirements.

 

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1.       Click OK then Connect. The timer on the main application window will start counting. You have now completed the setup!

 

 

 

Contribution by user kulinti

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