Agilent Technologies Helium Leak Detector
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DRAFT 12
/11/17
A.2.2 Printing with HyperTerminal
The easiest way to print information captured in HyperTerminal is to choose Print from the
File menu; however, this method only prints information currently displayed on the screen.
Screen information can also be highlighted, copied and pasted into Microsoft Word or
Excel.
To capture large amounts of data that exceeds the terminal screen limits, use the Transfer
menu Capture Text option:
1. Select Transfer > Capture text.
The Capture text dialog box appears.
2. Click Browse.
The Select Capture File dialog box appears.
3. Navigate to a location, enter a file name and select a file type:
❑ .txt text file (Notepad)
❑ .doc (Word)
❑ .xls (Excel)
4. Click Save.
The Capture Text dialog box reappears.
5. Click Start to log data.
6. Select Transfer > Capture Text > Stop to end text capture.
7. Open the file where the data was stored and select File > Print.
Example
To use the above procedures to poll the leak detector leak rate using HyperTerminal and
capture the text:
1. Type the command: XYZZY.
If received correctly, the leak detector responds ok.
2. Type the command: ?LEAK 1 SECS CR ?ESC.
This command polls the leak rate every second. The time is set in seconds.
3. Press ESC to abort polling.
4. Select Transfer > Capture Text.
5. Browse to a folder and file using the Capture Text dialog box and click Start.
6. Select Transfer > Capture Text > Stop to abort data logging.
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