Echelon FT 5000 EVB - Manual (Page 28)

20 FT 5000 EVB Hardware Details
EIA-232 Interface (JP201and JP203)
This set of jumpers enables the EIA-232 and ShortStack interfaces on the FT 5000 EVB. These
jumpers are disconnected by default (these interface are disabled) as illustrated in the following figure:
You can enable the EIA-232 interface without and with handshake lines. You can enable the EIA-232
interface without handshake lines to connect your FT 5000 EVB to your development computer for
performing application-level debugging. You can enable the EIA-232 interface with handshake lines
to connect your FT 5000 EVB to a development computer for performing application-level debugging
or to connect it to other microcontrollers.
Note: When you connect the EIA-232 interface, you need to disconnect the same I/O signals from the
on-board I/O devices on jumpers JP31 and JP32.
The following sections describe how to enable the EIA-232 interface without and with handshake
lines.
Connecting the EIA-232 Interface (without handshake lines)
To create the EIA-232 connection without handshake lines, follow these steps:
1. Connect the male end of a DB9 Male-Female Serial Extension Cable to the DB9 socket on the
upper left-hand side of the FT 5000 EVB, and then connect the female end to one of the COM
ports (typically COM1 or COM2) on your computer.