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Figure I.5 Physical Connection
4. Close all WiRobot software on PC (e.g. WiRobot Gateway and all sample applications)
5. Start the hyper-terminal (which comes with MS Windows OS), give a name to this new
connection and choose the COM port that is connected to the PMS5005 (normally COM1 or
COM2) as shown in the following figure:
Figure I.6 Choosing COM Port Connection
6. Configure the COM port with the setting 115200, 8, N, 1, Xon/Xoff and turn on the “Echo
typed characters locally” under Properties - > Settings -> ASCII Setup. If your PC is slow, you
can turn off this “echo” option for shorter download time but you will not see the download
process during the upgrade.