Geo MACRO Drive User Manual
184 Appendix C
APPENDIX C
Communication to the Geo MACRO via the USB Port
The USB port on the Geo MACRO is actually a Serial to USB converter. The appropriate driver must be
installed. Download the driver from the Delta Tau website, under downloads, Software.
Set up the HyperTerminal so that the Flow control is set to None. If Flow control is set to Hardware,
Windows will lock up.
The step by step procedure to communicate to the Geo MACRO via the HyperTerminal is as follows:
1. Power on the PC with the Geo Macro powered off.
2. With the Geo Macro still powered off plug in the USB cable to both the Geo Macro and the PC.
3. Power ON the Amplifier
4. Launch a HyperTerminal session with the settings below.
Baud Rate: 38400
Data Bits: 8
Parity: None
Stop Bits: 1
Flow control: None
Note:
The USB port cannot handle hardware handshaking.
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