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USC-16/SG Installation and Operation Manual
TESTING
TESTING THE STARGUIDE II or III RECEIVER
1 Set your receivers M & C serial port for 9600,8,N,1 via the receivers front panel
keyboard.
2 Connect a Male - Female, DB-9 straight-through serial cable between the M & C
port on the receiver and your computers com port.
* NOTE: Do not use the cables supplied by us!
3 On your computer keyboard, type the following command: VER and press the
ENTER key.
4 If the two are communicating, the details of the current receiver’s software and
other information will be displayed.
5 If your test was successful, remove the Male - Female, DB-9 straight through seri-
al cable from the computer and receiver; proceed to the section labeled “Connecting
the USC-16/SG to your computers serial port”. If your test failed, follow the trou-
bleshooting steps A through G that follows.
TROUBLESHOOTING
A. Build a loop-back “TESTER” by purchasing a “FEMALE” 9 pin D-sub solder
cup connector (Radio
Shack, CompUSA, Local Electronic Store, etc).
B. Solder a jumper between pins 2 & 3.
C. Try typing on the keyboard with nothing connected to the computer’s com port.
You shouldn’t see any characters. If you do, the “ECHO typed characters locally”
is checked (ON)” in the ASCII settings in HyperTerminal. Turn this OFF
(Uncheck) and retest Step C.
D. Plug the “TESTER” into the com port under test
E. Try typing on the keyboard, if you’re using the correct com port, each character
typed will be displayed.
F. If this test fails, try changing com ports on the communication program until you
find the correct port. When a working com port is found, repeat the above test start-
ing at step 1.
!
TIP
With some communica-
tion programs, any
change made to the pro-
gram settings requires
you to save the changes,
exit the program and
restart the program.
CAUTION!
Broadcast Tools
products, as any elec-
tronic device, can fail
...
NOTE:
If you find that a failure
is traced to the receiver
and ALL receiver trou-
bleshooting has failed.
contact the receiver
manufacture.
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