Diagnostics & Troubleshooting
MVI94-GSC-E
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FLEX Platform
User Manual
Generic ASCII Comunication Module
ProSoft Technology, Inc.
Page 25 of 60
July 6, 2009
The remainder of this section shows you the menus available for this module,
and briefly discusses the commands available to you.
Keystrokes
The keyboard commands on these menus are almost always non-case sensitive.
You can enter most commands in lower case or capital letters.
The menus use a few special characters (
[?],
[-],
[+],
[@]
) that must be entered
exactly as shown. Some of these characters will require you to use the
[S
HIFT
],
[C
TRL
]
or
[A
LT
]
keys to enter them correctly. For example, on US English
keyboards, enter the
[?]
command as
[S
HIFT
][/].
Also, take care to distinguish capital letter
[I]
from lower case letter
[
L
]
(L) and
number
[1];
likewise for capital letter
[O]
and number
[0].
Although these
characters look nearly the same on the screen, they perform different actions on
the module.
3.2.7 Required
Hardware
You can connect directly from your computer’s serial port to the serial port on the
module to view configuration information, perform maintenance, and send
(upload) or receive (download) configuration files.
ProSoft Technology recommends the following minimum hardware to connect
your computer to the module:
80486 based processor (Pentium preferred)
1 megabyte of memory
At least one UART hardware-based serial communications port available.
USB-based virtual UART systems (USB to serial port adapters) often do not
function reliably, especially during binary file transfers, such as when
uploading/downloading configuration files or module firmware upgrades.
A null modem serial cable.
3.2.8 Required
Software
In order to send and receive data over the serial port (COM port) on your
computer to the module, you must use a communication program (terminal
emulator).
A simple communication program called HyperTerminal is pre-installed with
recent versions of Microsoft Windows operating systems. If you are connecting
from a machine running DOS, you must obtain and install a compatible
communication program. The following table lists communication programs that
have been tested by ProSoft Technology.
DOS
ProComm, as well as several other terminal emulation programs
Windows 3.1
Terminal
Windows 95/98
HyperTerminal
Windows NT/2000/XP
HyperTerminal
