Agilent Technologies VS Series - Printing with Hyperterminal

VS Series Helium Mass Spectrometer Leak Detectors
A-4
DRAFT 4
/23/15
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 l a rge amoun t s o f data that e x c e e d s 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 a b o v e procedures t o p o l l 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.