Manual

71M6541 Demo Board REV 3.0 User’s Manual
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Figure 1-2: HyperTerminal Sample Window with Disconnect Button (Arrow)
Figure 1-3: Port Speed and Handshake Setup (left) and Port Bit setup (right)
Once, the connection to the demo board is established, press <CR> and the command prompt,
>, should ap-
pear. Type
>? to see the Demo Code help menu. Type >i to verify the demo code revision.
1.8 USING THE DEMO BOARD
The 71M6541 Demo Board is a ready-to-use meter prepared for use with external shunt resistors.
Demo Code versions for single-phase two-wire operation (EQU 0, with secondary tamper sensor) and for sin-
gle-phase three-wire operation (ANSI configuration, EQU 1) are provided by Maxim Integrated. Demo Boards in
ANSI configuration are preloaded with Demo Code for EQU 1, Demo Boards in IEC configuration are preloaded
with Demo Code for EQU 0.
Using the Demo Board involves communicating with the Demo Code via the command line interface (CLI). The
CLI allows all sorts of manipulations to the metering parameters, access to the EEPROM, selection of the dis-
played parameters, changing calibration factors and many more operations.
Before evaluating the 71M6541 on the Demo Board, users should get familiar with the commands and respons-
es of the CLI. A complete description of the CLI is provided in section 1.8.1.