Select NXTCam port from the list provided.
Setup Baud Rate as shown:
1. In the main terminal window, just press
<enter>
You should get a response from NXTCam
as ‘NCK’
2. In the same window, type:
GV<enter>
You should get a response from NXTCam
as ‘NXTcam V n.n’ (where n.n is your NXTcam version number)
Alternately, you can use Hyperterminal (on Windows XP)
3. Connect the NXTcam using a USB cable to your computer.
4. Run Hyperterminal: Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> Communication ->
Hyper Terminal
5. Give a name for the configuration, say ‘mynxtcam’.
6. In the next dialog box specify:
Connect Using: <NXTCam COM Port> (the port you noted from Ports (Com
and LPT) entry in Device Manager)
7. Click OK.
8. In next window Specify:
Bits per second: 115200
Data bits: 8
Parity: None
Stop bits: 1
Flow Control: None
9. Click OK.
10. In the main terminal window, just press <enter>
You should get a response from NXTCam as ‘NCK’
11. In the same window, type:
GV<enter>
You should get a response from NXTCam as ‘NXTcam V n.n’ (where n.n is
your NXTcam version number)
Troubleshooting ‘Time-out’ error
While using NXTCam-v4 on PC (with NXTCamView), if you get ‘Search Error: The
operation has timed out’, NXTCam-v4 AVR firmware may be corrupted.
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