Troubleshooting the Terminal Connection

Troubleshooting the Terminal Connection

Although the balance of the Hyperterminal settings should default to the correct values, if you have problems, select File>Properties, and check the following.

Table B-1 Hyperterminal Default Settings

Setting	Location	Value
Use FIFO buffers	Configure>Advanced	Windows should detect the presence of the 16550 UART chip and set this correctly by default. If there is any doubt about the presence of the chip, deselect the check box.
Receive Buffer	Configure>Advanced	Low
Transmit Buffer	Configure>Advanced	Low
Function, arrow, and control keys act as	Settings	Terminal Keys
Emulation	Settings	Auto Detect
Backscroll buffer lines	Settings	500
Send line ends with line feed	Settings>ASCII Setup	Deselected
Echo typed characters locally	Settings>ASCII Setup	Deselected
Line delay	Settings>ASCII Setup	0
Character Delay	Settings>ASCII Setup	0
Append line feeds to incoming line ends	Settings>ASCII Setup	Deselected
Force incoming data to 7-bit ASCII	Settings>ASCII Setup	Deselected
Wrap lines that exceed terminal width	Settings>ASCII Setup	Selected

In addition, check for COM port conflicts. If you suspect a hardware conflict, select Start>Help, and search for ports>Hardware Conflict Troubleshooter. From the Hardware Conflict Troubleshooter help window, you can launch the Hardware Conflict Troubleshooter.