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PICkit™ Serial Analyzer User’s Guide
DS51647A-page 52 © 2007 Microchip Technology Inc.
6.6 COMMUNICATIONS: BASIC OPERATIONS
The USART Asynchronous Operations window can be opened by selecting:
• Communications: Basic Operations
from the tool bar, or
• Communications > Basic Operations
from the menu bar
The USART Asynchronous Basic Operations window is shown in Figure 6-3. There are
two basic communications commands, Read and Write.
Data can be transmitted to the target device as 7-bit ASCII or 8-bit byte. 7-bit ASCII
data is entered in the left hand window. 8-bit byte is entered in the right hand column.
Both transmitted and received data is displayed in the Transaction window.
The command will be logged in the Transactions window. A listing of the command
abbreviations is given in Table 6-2.
FIGURE 6-3: USART ASYNCHRONOUS BASIC OPERATIONS
6.7 SCRIPT BUILDER
USART Asynchronous commands can be combined into scripts, saved, and used over
again. The Script Builder window is opened by selecting Communications > Script >
Script Builder from the menu bar. The Script Builder is shown in Figure 6-4.
The Script Builder window is divided into four columns as shown in Figures 6-5 through
6-8.
Note: The “x” indicates the value is a hexadecimal number. Clicking on “x” will
toggle it to a “d” indicating that the value is a decimal number.