SpaceCam Maximus 7, Operator And Maintenance Manual, Page: 31 / 74

SPACECAM
SYSTEMS, INC.
MAXIMUS 7 OPERATOR’S MANUAL
August 17, 2016
3.3 Data transfer Console to PC.
The console can be connected to a personal computer via a USB interface. This connection then can be
used to stream data to the PC.
3.3.1 Setting up the connection.
Need a A-B USB cable to connect the console to the PC.
The CP210x USB to UART Bridge Driver needs to be installed on the PC.
http://www.silabs.com/products/mcu/Pages/USBtoUARTBridgeVCPDrivers.aspx
Any PC terminal program to test the connection.
Tera Term: http://en.osdn.jp/projects/ttssh2/releases/
Set up communication to 115200 Baud, 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit, No flow control.
3.3.2 Data format.
The data is sent in ASCII format. Each line represents one sample. There are 120 samples each
second. A line starts with ‘S’ and ends with the hex code 0x0d.
At this time the data contains YAW, PITCH and ROLL positions in degrees.
The data fields are separated by ‘,’. The streaming is continuous.
The yaw field only works correctly in topside mount.
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