How do I configure Tera Term to communicate with Notecard?

[gwolff]

Tera Term is a Windows app that can be used as a serial terminal to send requests and view responses from Notecard.

Establish Connection:

1. Create a new connection by selecting File --> New connection... from the Tera Term menu

2. Select Serial option

3. Select the appropriate COM port from the dropdown

4. Click OK button

Configure Serial Port

5. Select Setup --> Serial port... from the Tera Term menu bar

6. Set the Speed based on which connection being used on the Notecard

Connection	Speed Selection
USB	9600
RX/TX	9600
AUX RX/TX	115200

7. Ensure the other attributes are configured as follows

Name	Value
Data	8 bit
Parity	none
Stop bits	1 bit
Flow control	none

8. Click New setting button
   
   

Configure Terminal

9. Select Setup --> Terminal... from the Tera Term menu bar

10. Apply the following settings:

Name	Value
New-line:
Receive	CR+LF
Transmit	CR+LF
Local echo	enabled

11. Click OK button

Enable Logging (for debug and support)

Tera term can log terminal messages to a file, which is helpful when you want to grab information for support from Blues or on this forum.

12. Select File --> Log... from the Tera Term menu bar

13. Set the name of the file to log.

14 . Recommend the following option configuration

Name	Value
Append	enabled
Plain text	enabled

15. Click Save button