With this option you add a new Terminal Emulator window. A terminal emulator can be used to communicate via the RS-232 interface to the microcomputer. The window is an MDI window. You can open as much as 8 terminal emulator windows.

 

 

The window state will depend on the window state of the other windows. If the editor windows were set to maximized, the terminal emulator will fill the entire client area.

 

Information you type and information that the computer board sends are displayed in the same window.

 

Note that you must use the same baud rate on both sides of the transmission. If you compiled your program with $baud=4800, then you need to use the same settings in the terminal emulator in order to communicate.

 

The setting for the baud rate is reported in the report file.

 

 

File Upload

Uploads the current program from the processor chip in HEX format. This option is meant for loading the program into a monitor program for example. It will send the current compiled program HEX file to the serial port.

 

 

File Escape

Aborts the upload to the monitor program.

 

 

File Exit

Closes terminal emulator.

 

 

Terminal Clear

Clears the terminal window.

 

 

Terminal Open Log

Opens or closes the LOG file. When there is no LOG file selected you will be asked to enter a filename or to select a filename. All info that is printed to the terminal window is captured into the log file. The menu caption will change into 'Close Log' and when you choose this option the file will be closed.

 

Terminal Send ASCII

This option allows you to send any ASCII character you need to send.  Values from 000 to 255 may be entered.

 

 

 

Terminal Setting

This options will show the terminal settings so you can change them quickly.

It is the same as Options, Communication.