Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Configure and use HyperTerminal

Hi all,

In the field of embedded systems the usage of serial port (or RS232) is one of the most important things. Apart from downloading the binary, debugging can also be done by a serial port. For people who are working in Windows Platform, the software for using the serial port is HyperTerminal which is provided by Windows.

Follow these simple steps for configuring and using HyperTerminal for your embedded projects:
  1. Go to start->Programs->Accessories->Communications->HyperTerminal and click on it.
  2.  The start page look like this.
     
    3. Enter any name and press Ok. The following screen should come.


    4. Select the COM port number (generally its COM1) and press Ok. The following screen should  come.


5. For setting up the above screen, the baud rate of the hardware must be know, other setting can be used as shown above. After it is done press Ok and the Hyper Terminal is ready for use. The next screen is where all the data coming in from the device is printed.


That's it, these simple 5 steps is all you need to configure your HyperTerminal.

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