Serial Communication Terminal

Use the Serial Communication Terminal to debug the serial communications in your inspection.

How to Use

1. On the Serial I/O property page, click Show Terminal to launch the Serial Communication Terminal.
2. On the Serial I/O property page, click Test. Notice that the Serial Communication Terminal shows the commands being sent and received on the serial ports.

   Tip  You can resize the Serial Communication Terminal and the widths of the table columns if you cannot see all of the information in the table.

3. In the Serial Communication Terminal, select the type of display you want from the View menu.

   You can perform the following tasks from the Serial Communication Terminal:

   • Select File»Save As to save the contents of the table to a text file.
   • Select Edit»Clear to clear the table of serial commands.
   • Select Edit»Log History to modify the number of records shown in the table. By default, the Serial Communication Terminal logs 1024 entries. The oldest entries above 1024 are erased as new commands are logged.

4. Select File»Close to close the Serial Terminal window.