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Re: Help for a rookie team?

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Originally Posted by cjackson View Post
What do you go to to read the output?
There is a DB9 on the cRIO. You can connect this to a serial port (direct connect or via a USB dongle) on your PC. Using a terminal program (like hyperterminal), you can view messages as your cRIO boots. I believe the comm setup is 9600 baud, 8 bits, no parity and 1 stop bit. Also, I'm pretty sure you only need three pins connected: 2, 3 and 5. I can't remember whether 2 or 3 is transmit (or receive).

To use the DB9, one of the rocker dip switches on the cRIO needs in the correct position. Can't remember which one. Can't remember what position.
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