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and 3/8" tall. The technical name is a "DB-9 connector".
Serial ports are a very finite resource on the computer. It can have many, but only two can be used at one time.
Devices that use serial ports are:
Digital camera
PDA (Personal Digital Assistants like Palm Pilot)
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Modem
Check the computer BIOS that the serial ports are turned on and in a normal state. The plug and play mode should
work for most computer setups. Sometimes this does not work and the default manual settings should be used.
Note that Windows NT will not recognize the plug and play settings.
·USB converters may be used for laptops or desktop machines without a serial port connection but we recommend
using either the Keypsan High speed USB to Serial Adapter or the Offspring brand adapter. These brands offer the
necessary support for managing COM port assignments.
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·HyperTerminal is a serial port / terminal emulation software that comes with Windows. It will allow you to test the
basic communication between your computer and the PowerTap link cradle and
PowerTap CPU. It is usually found under: start->programs->accessories->communication-> HyperTerminal
·If you can't find it, search on your system (start->find->files or folders) for hyperterm.exe.
·If you still can't find it - it probably was not installed on your system during setup. Go to start-> settings->control
panel->add/remove programs. Select the windows setup tab. In
Communications, select HyperTerminal. You will need your Windows installation media. Restart.
1. Start HyperTerminal. When the program starts you will be asked to enter a name. Type in something you will
remember like "linktest". Set the "connect using" pull down menu to Direct to COM 1 (or your active COM port) and
hit OK. Set the port settings to 9600 bps, 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit and no flow control. Then select OK. At
the bottom of the window it should say connected.
2. When you attach the PowerTap computer to the download link cradle its display must go blank. If it does not,
make sure the PowerTap computer is fully seated to the cradle.
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