Advanced
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Cryoscope Model 4250 User’s Guide
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into PC applications, such as Microsoft
®
Excel or a customer’s LIMS
system.
Sample RS-232 Setup
As a typical example of a communications program setup, the following
instructions will describe the process necessary for using your instru-
ment in conjunction with Hyperterminal for Windows
®
95 or later oper-
ating systems and a null modem cable, available from Advanced
Instruments, as shown in the diagram below. You can use this procedure
to be sure that your instrument and cable are operating correctly.
1. Create a Hyperterminal connection using the Hyperterminal pro-
gram.
2. While working within that connection, choose the Properties selec-
tion from the File menu.
3. Select the Configure button.
4. Choose the following settings for the Configure menu and click on
the OK button.
Bits per second See user’s guide.
Data bits 8
Parity None
Stop bits 1
Flow control None
5. Select the Settings menu.
6. Chose TTY for the Emulation option.
7. Select ASCII setup.
8. Set the Sending option to Echo Typed Characters Locally.
9. Set the Receiving option to Wrap Lines that Exceed Terminal Width.
You should at this point see all instrument output in the Hyperterminal
window of your computer screen.