serial port setup.wmv

Troubleshooting tips for PC serial comm port, using a USB to serial adapter. We show how to install and test a USB to serial adapter, and how to test it by using a terminal emulator program like Hyper Terminal, or FunTerm in this case. By shorting across pins 2 and 3 you can verify that your USB to Serial adapter is working. You can also see if a serial com port is working by using an LED. On the male DB-9 connector, you can put an LED across pins 5 and 3 and when data is sent the LED will flash, or if it is the DB-9 female connector put the LED across pins pins 5 and 2, to see the data burst, from a K1 Fast Track pinewood derby timer.
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we're going to show how to use a USB to
serial converter to get the serial data
in this case from our pilot derby cover
into your computer first take the serial
to USB converter rather you're packing
and you must open the package because
there's a driver disk essential load for
this thing work
that's what the cables to go to pick USB
to serial converter and that you put
that driver disk in your drive and how
to run to install the drivers and i've
already installed the drivers so i'm
going to show you how to use one term or
you could use Hyper comfortable with
windows XP this is a terminal emulator
program that allows you to send and
receive serial data now I gotta first
connecting to speak
into the USB port and because i've
already installed the driver
it's the map that pic concept select top
seven 9600 baud in this case and now the
terminal anyway report to get any key on
the keyboard nothing comes up on the
screen
ok but if i short across and free which
is send data that then to which is
received data anything i type on the
keyboard will then come back on the
screen now their final step is indeed
the case
so now anything i type comes out in 3
goes into $OPERAND into and it's
displayed on the screen
another test we can do is the LED test
by putting an LED across them five which
is round and then free with just with
some data from the keyboard we can get
the led to place any time data set so
first we could barely be across and five
and three across one way and it doesn't
like to put across the other way to see
the LED lights and we put it in the
reverse condition every time data
central cars that led the flickr little
hard to get in the holes here there now
i'm hitting a key and led
Megan hook the USB converter to a
Highlander behind the mind for when I
power up the pinewood derby time was
going to send a message to the display
screen because they are powered it up
from the message popped up immediately
and magnet has a little dataverse are
tripping all the lanes and the time with
every time he shows the time came up on
the screen but another test you can do
it this time with every timer is the LED
test again between this time between
10-5 ground and to send data
I reverse the LED and that whenever
there's a date of birth
it's going to place the LED will reset
the timer and makes it free flesh
because it since when characters they
might recall the length makes it much
brighter place in the complete data
stream