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APPENDIX G – VIEWING AND CAPTURING DATA
(IF EQUIPPED WITH EITHER USB OR RS232 OUTPUTS)
NOTE: HyperTerminal is no longer included with Windows Vista or later packages.
Previous manuals referenced this program. We now reference, Parallax Serial Terminal.
There are many terminal emulator programs available on the market. It is up to the
end-user to determine which program is compatible with his/her system, what settings
it may require, and the Omega Engineering product being used. Omega Engineering
does not endorse or recommend any of these programs and assumes no liability for
their use.
There are many ways to capture the serial port data from the instrument. The
simplest method is to use a terminal emulator program.
Using a terminal emulator allows the serial COM port to be opened, with the
below port settings, and real-time data to be viewed from the instrument. One
such terminal emulator program is Parallax Serial Terminal, available from
Open the Parallax Serial Terminal, based on how you installed the program onto
your computer. The below screen will come up.
Attach your instrument & probe to your computer via the USB cable.
Select the appropriate ‘Com Port:’. In the below example, COM5 is being used.
Set the ‘Baud Rate:’ to 9600