Logging to the computer hard drive using Hyperterminal

Data Specifications

Bits per second:       9600  

Data Bits              8

Parity                 None

Stop bits              1

Flow Control           None

Use a straight thru cable with a DB9 male connection on one end and a DB9 female connection on the other end.

Connect PC port on EAS to comport on computer

Put computer Windows operating system in Hyperterminal and follow these steps

To log data, use the following steps:

1. Go to the Transfer Menu and select Capture Text.

2. When the Capture Text window pops up, enter the path and name of the 

file that you wish to use for capturing the text. The filename can be 

anything, but it might be convenient to include the date of the day 

that it 

was started. For instance, you might enter: C:\GORMAN\LOG20060201.txt

This would open a file in the GORMAN folder called LOG20060201.txt 

which 

would indicate that it was opened on February 1, 2006.

3. After entering the path and filename, click the Start button to 

begin 

logging data. At that point any information that shows on the 

Hyperterminal 

screen will be logged to that file. One of the boxes on the bottom of 

the 

Hyperterminal window will now show the word "Capture" in dark print.

4. At the end of the period during which you want to collect the log 

data 

(probably a day, week or month depending upon the amount of data), 

click on 

the Transfer Menu, and select Capture Text and Stop. At this time the 

file 

will be closed. The word "Capture" at the bottom of the Hyperterminal 

window will change from dark print to the gray disabled look.

5. The file may now be opened using any text editor such as Notepad, 

Wordpad, etc. When the file is opened it may be examined, searched, 

printed, etc.

6. Follow the same procedure with a new filename to being logging 

again.

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