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Copyright ©2003 A7 Engineering, Inc.
Connecting a PC with an eb600 to a Board of Education
In this exercise we will step through the process of establishing a connection between a PC
that has an eb600 PC Adapter to an eb500 inserted into a Board of Education board.
To perform this exercise, as documented, you will need an eb600 PC Adapter, a Board of
Education board and two eb500 modules. If you are using any of the other supported
Parallax boards, you may need to make adjustments to this exercise.
Step 1: eb600 PC Adapter Setup
In this step we will attach an eb500 module to the eb600 PC Adapter and apply
power to the device.
1.
Insert an
eb500
module into the
eb600 PC Adapter
header; assuring that Pin 1 of
the eb500 module is inserted into Pin 1 of the header on the eb600 PC Adapter.
2.
Connect the
eb600 PC Adapter
to a serial port on the PC using the
provided
straight through serial cable
.
The PC serial port must be available for HyperTerminal use.
3.
Apply
power
to the
eb600 PC Adapter
.
Step 2: HyperTerminal Setup
In this step we will setup the Windows HyperTerminal application to establish a
connection with the eb500 attached to the eb600 PC Adapter.
1.
Open
HyperTerminal
.
This will display the Connection Description dialog.
2.
In the
Name
box, type the name of your connection. For example, EB600.
3.
Click
OK
.
This will display the Connect To dialog.
4.
In the
Connect using
dropdown, select the
serial port
to which you have connected
the eb600 PC Adapter.
5.
Click
OK
.
This will display the Properties dialog.
6.
In the
Bits per second
dropdown, select
9600
.
7.
In the
Data bits
dropdown, select
8
.
8.
In the
Parity
dropdown, select
None
.
9.
In the
Stop bits
dropdown, select
1
.
