Introduction
The Serial interface is a powerful tool for directly talking to devices over USB or TCP/IP.
-
-
The Serial Interface can be opened from the Windows menu.
-
To connect to a device, click the Connect button.
-
For USB, choose Local, your COM port, your Baud rate, and then click OK.
-
For TCP, choose Remote and fill in your IP address, Port number, username, and password.
-
If the connection is successful the Connect button will change to Disconnect and Not Connected will change to the COM port or IP address.
-
-
-
Type in the message field at the bottom.
-
Press enter, return, or the Send button to deliver your message.
-
You can press up and down to go through your history of sent messages. The history is 100 items long.
-
You can click in the conversation window to copy a line to the message field.
-
Disconnect any time by pressing the Disconnect button.
-
Closing the tab does NOT close the connection.
-
Now you know everything there is to know about connecting to a real device in the real world with your real program. Use this power wisely~!
Now you know everything there is to know about connecting to a real device in the real world with your real program. Use this power wisely~!
