RS232 Software Documentation

RS232 Software Documentation

CPS PLUS



Introduction
Overview
System Requirements, Installation, Uninstallation
System Requirements
CPS Plus Installation
CPS Plus Uninstallation
Downloading CPS Plus
Using CPS Plus
Quick Start Information
Selecting The Communications Ports
Changing The Communications Port Settings
Load With Windows Option
Beep PC On Good Read
Protect Program Settings With Password
Send serial data to Windows as Keystrokes [Log mode option]
Send serial data to log file [Log mode option]
Send serial data using DDE
Using CPS Plus DDE
Excel DDE Example
CPS Plus DDE Commands
Send serial data to database using ODBC
CPS Plus Filters
Remove Carriage Return Filter
Remove Non Numeric Characters Filter
Remove Non Alpha-Numeric Characters Filter
Adding a prefix/suffix
Selecting Suffix Keystrokes
Selecting Prefix Keystrokes
Example: Add/Remove DateTime Stamp
Send Data/Commands to COM Port
How to send data/commands to COM port
Send commands at regular intervals (Timer Sampling)
Send commands at hotkey combination
How to send characters to serial port that can not be entered via keyboard
Sending commands using DDE
Example: Send Serial RS232 Data using Microsoft Excel
RS232 software setup
About RS232 / RS232C Ports
RS232 Port configuration: baud rate
RS232 Port configuration: data bits
RS232 Port configuration: parity
RS232 Port configuration: stop bits
RS232 Port configuration: flow control / handshaking
License, Ordering, and Support
License for use and distribution
CPS Plus Ordering Information
Support and Questions
Miscellaneous
Using CPS Plus with USB Serial Converters
Using CPS Plus with Rs232 Port Multiplexers
ASCII Table - Standard and Extended ASCII Chart
Supported control codes.
Troubleshooting
If not receiving any data at all
If receiving data but the data appears garbled