Is Terminal Window Evil?

[Fat Alex]

I had a briliant idea. I was going to have the robot run the motors at various speeds and have them output the resulting difference between the left and right side (my teams robot has proximity switches counting revolutions). And it worked.... kinda. you can't copy stuff out of the terminal window therefore making my life extremely hard. so... the question is:

how can i get 'copy-able' info from the robot?



and what does 'to port' mean?

[Mark McLeod]

Originally Posted by Fat Alex

I had a briliant idea. I was going to have the robot run the motors at various speeds and have them output the resulting difference between the left and right side (my teams robot has proximity switches counting revolutions). And it worked.... kinda. you can't copy stuff out of the terminal window therefore making my life extremely hard. so... the question is:

how can i get 'copy-able' info from the robot?



and what does 'to port' mean?

The easiest solution is to use the standard HyperTerminal program that comes with Windows. It can be found under Programs-> Accessories->Communications.

You need to exit the IFI Loader before you connect with HyperTerminal. At the initial pop-up you'll need to enter any name, e.g., "xxx." You can later "open" this file to quickly connect to the RC if you save it.

On the next pop-up select "Connect using..." picking "COM1"
Next pop-up use: Bits per second: 115200, Data bits: 8, Parity: None, Stop bits: 1, Flow control: Hardware.

You'll be connected. You can click Save now to save the connection parameters you just entered to reuse the next time you connect.

Finally, use Transfer->Capture Text... to save all debug output to a text file. You'll need to use Transfer->Capture Text->Stop to close the file before you'll be able to read/edit it in another program like Word.

You'll need to disconnect Hyperterminal before attempting to use the IFI Loader again (only one can control the serial port), but in future you can Open "xxx" to reconnect quickly (cancel the initial pop-up if you restart HyperTerminal from scratch).

Another option is to use PrintScreen and something like Paint to capture a screen shot of the IFI Terminal window.

I don't remember off-hand what the To Port window is used for. I'll check when I go home tonight.