User's Guide

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STEP 4:
Check the terminal settings window by navigating to the File -> Properties window and clicking
the Settings tab. Make sure the properties are exactly as they appear in Figure 6.
Figure 6 - Terminal Properties
Powering the Unit
Once the HyperTerminal setup is complete, applying power to the terminals will activate the
unit. The HyperTerminal window should appear similar to Figure 7. This figure shows what the
user will see in the HyperTerminal window on cycling power.
Figure 7 - Initial Terminal Screen after Applied Power
The screen displays the eight options available to the user. The most common option is the ‘g’
option. This will force the SPIDER-650 to transmit 5 consecutive pulses and recover and display
the respective returns. Each of the 5 series of 50 returns is captured using a different sensitivity
level on the receiver. Therefore, each row of asterisks on the HyperTerminal window displays a
set of 50 returns received at a certain sensitivity level. The rows are arranged such that the first
row of returns is captured at the least sensitive levels, while the last row of 50 returns is the most
sensitive of the set. This display is illustrated in Figure 8 showing a target found at bin 13 at the