9328900990 Rev L BE1-951 Terminal Communication C-1
APPENDIX C • TERMINAL COMMUNICATION
This appendix provides instructions for configuring Windows
®
HyperTerminal and Windows
®
Terminal to
communicate with your BE1-951 relay.
WINDOWS
®
HYPERTERMINAL
Step 1: Click Start: Highlight Programs, Accessories, Communication, HyperTerminal.
Step 2: Click HyperTerminal to open the folder.
Step 3: Select the file or icon labeled Hypertrm or Hypertrm.exe. Once the program has started, you will
be presented with a series of dialog boxes.
Step 4: Dialog Box: CONNECTION DESCRIPTION See
Figure C-1.
a. Type the desired file name, for example, BE1-951.
b. Click “OK”.
Step 5: Dialog Box: PHONE NUMBER
a. Click drop-down menu: CONNECT USING
Select Direct To ComX, where X is the port you are using on your computer.
b. Click “OK”.
Step 6: Dialog Box: COMX Properties
a. Make the following selections using
Figure C-2 as a guide:
Set the bits per second setting so that it matches the setting of the relay. The default baud
rate of the relay is 9,600.
Set the D
ata bits at 8.
Set the P
arity to None.
Set the S
top bits at 1.
Set F
low control to Xon/Xoff.
b. Click “OK”. This creates an icon with the file name entered in Step 4 and places it in the
HyperTerminal folder. Future communication sessions can then be started by clicking the
appropriate icon.
Figure C-1. Connection Description Dialog Box