ASCII Testing

[John Parker 0]

I am setting up a SLC 5/04 with a PV 600 connected across DH+ as a batch weighing system. I have written the program with all of the AWA and AWT commands and would like to test it before installing on the floor. I read somewhere on here that I can do this through Hyperterminal but I can not get it to connect. Could someone tell me what cable I need and if I have to have an open port or handshake command in my program to do this? Any help will be appreciated and a lot will be appreciated more.

[TimWilborne 108]

I'm guessing you mean a weigh scale on channel 0? Do you have a serial cable you use to connect to the SLCs channel 0 for programming? This cable should work. What is your channel 0s configuration?

[John Parker 0]

I can use a cable that is for dh485 I think. I have had to use it before. I usually connect my laptop thru DH+ ch1. I am trying to connect ch0 to a pc by serial port using Winwedge to capture everything into excel and notepad. I have ch0 system set to shutdown and ch0 user set to ASCII 9600 8,n,1.