HyperTerminal is a Windows accessory that enables you to connect your computer to another PC or online service. HyperTerminal is a full-featured communications tool that greatly simplifies getting online. With HyperTerminal, you can connect to a friend's computer, a university, an Internet service provider, or even CompuServe.

Terminal Emulation Supported by HyperTerminal

Protocol

Description

ANSI

A popular generic terminal emulation supported by most UNIX systems that provides full-screen emulation.

Auto Detect

A system that automatically determines which terminal emulation the remote computer is using.

Minitel

An emulation primarily used in France.

TTY

Actually, the absence of any terminal emulation. TTY simply displays all the characters it receives on the display.

Viewdata

An emulation primarily used in the United Kingdom.

VT100

The workhorse of terminal emulations. Many remote systems such as UNIX use this.

VT52

A predecessor to VT100 that provides full-screen terminal emulation on remote systems that support it.

ASCII Setup Options

Option

Description

Send Line Ends with Line Feeds

Attaches a line feed to the end of every line that HyperTerminal sends. Turn on this option if the remote computer requires it or if you turned on Echo Typed Characters Locally. Pressing Enter moves you to the beginning of the current line instead of starting a new line.

Echo Typed Characters Locally

Displays each character you type on the keyboard instead of depending on the host to echo each character. Turn on this option if you can't see the characters you type. If you see each character twice (ssuucchh aass tthhiiss), turn off this option.

Line Delay

Sets how much time to delay between lines. Increasing the amount of time between lines allows the remote computer time to get ready for the next line. Increase this setting in increments of 100 milliseconds if the remote computer frequently loses portions of each line.

Character Delay

Sets how much time to delay between characters. Increasing the amount of time between characters allows the remote computer time to get ready for the next character. Increase this setting in increments of 5 milliseconds if the remote computer randomly loses characters.

Append Line Feeds to Incoming Line Ends

Attaches a line feed to lines received. Turn on this option if the lines you receive from the host computer are displayed one on top of another.

Force Incoming Data to

Changes 8-bit characters to 7-bit. Turn on this

7-bit ASCII

option if HyperTerminal displays unrecognizable symbols. This option forces HyperTerminal to stick with readable characters.

Wrap Lines That Exceed

Turns word wrapping on or off. Turn on this

Terminal Width

option if you want lines that are longer than the terminal width to be continued on the following line.

File Transfer Protocols Supported by HyperTerminal

Protocol

Description

Xmodem

Xmodem is an error-correcting protocol supported by virtually every communications program and online service. It is slower than the other protocols.

1K Xmodem

1K Xmodem is faster than Xmodem, transferring files in 1,024-byte blocks as opposed to the slower 128-byte blocks in regular Xmodem. Otherwise, they are similar.

Ymodem

Many bulletin board systems offer Ymodem, which is another name for 1K Xmodem.

Ymodem-G

Similar to Ymodem, Ymodem-G implements hardware error control. It is more reliable than the first three protocols. However, to use Ymodem-G, your hardware must support hardware error control.

Zmodem

Zmodem is preferred by most bulletin board users because it is the fastest protocol of those listed. Zmodem is reliable, too, because it continues a valid download even if it's interrupted and because it adjusts its block sizes during the download to accommodate bad telephone lines. Zmodem has two other features that make it stand out from the rest. First, the host can initiate the download (you do nothing beyond step 1). Second, you can download multiple files at one time using Zmodem. The host computer initiates a download for each file you select.

Kermit

Kermit is extremely slow and should not be used if one of the other protocols is available. Kermit is a protocol left over from VAX computers and mainframes.

1. First of all locate the telephone number of the remote computer you wan to connect to.
2. Open the start menu then select programs, then accessories and then communication. Here you will see an icon called HyperTerminal simply click it.
3. Now if a see that a folder opens, double click the Hypertrm icon.
4. Now here if you see a message to upgrade HyperTerminal click the OK and continue.
5. Here enter the user name of your new connection. Please note that the connection name should be identifiable so that you can easily identify to which computer you are connected.
6. Now here click on an icon, which you want to represent the remote computer connection and press OK. Here another window will appear.
7. Carefully check that your area code, country code and your modem information is 100% perfect. Then enter the phone number of the remote computer to which you want to connect to.
8. Now click Dial button and the computer will dial the number of the remote computer that you have listed and when HyperTerminal connects with the other terminal you will see a text screen.
9. Now carefully follow the instructions on the text screen. From this step you have to proceed but it all depends that how the remote computer is setup to receiving the incoming calls and connections.
10. Here you can save you current settings including the icons so that you can dial easily next time the same remote computer. Before exit click on the save settings.