Chris Meyer - Mentions » Missing Hyperterminal http://chrismeyer.org/wordpress Mon, 09 Aug 2010 20:53:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Windows 7 Hyperterminal Replacement http://chrismeyer.org/wordpress/2009/12/windows-7-hyperterminal-replacement/ http://chrismeyer.org/wordpress/2009/12/windows-7-hyperterminal-replacement/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:58:03 +0000 Waterppk http://chrismeyer.org/wordpress/?p=259 Well, firstly  a moment of silence for our lost old friend hyperterminal.  But you just want to get serial data flying around again right?  I spent about 30 minutes downloading and finding no free serial port solutions for Windows 7 until I remembered PuTTY!

You can download PuTTY here, and either install it or run the exe.  PuTTY will launch, select

Connection type: Serial

Set your configuration and hit open and you should be in good shape.  You can set up local echo and all of your other preferences through the myriad of menus at the left.  Most importantly you’ll again have a lightweight serial console for Windows 7.

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