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BV-COMM Tools

Thank you for using BV COMM tools which is completely free and without restrictions. If you like it then please mention www.byvac.com

Contents

What Is BV-COMM

This is essentially a tool for communication with ByVac Serial devices, however at the core is a COM terminal (like HyperTerminal) which does the communication. The 'tools' part are additional features that help with understanding BV products.

The main advantage of this tool is that is can connect to the internet and so the latest information about any of the products will be on the tool, in the info section.

Installation

Okay what's the point of having installation instructions when it is already installed? Well this is just a web page so you may be reading this before installation.

Most BV devices use the FTDI chip that provides a virtual COM port through the USB, for completeness the installation of the VCOM from FTDI is given here. The latest driver can be obtained from http://www.ftdichip.com The driver to choose is the VCOM driver.

Step 1

Unzip the files into a suitable directory, keeping the folder names. There should be just one folder under the main folder as shown. Double clicking on the exe file will run the program.

Step 2 Installation of the USB Driver

The driver may already be installed as it is very popular. It is NOT needed by this software but is needed by some BV devices, if this is required then download the driver fro the FTDI site and follow the instructions when you plug the device in. You will only need to do this once. Detailed installation instructions can be found on the FTDI web site.

Using

When first starting the tool needs connecting to an available COM port, without it most of the features are disabled, after all the whole purpose of the tool is COM communication. To connect, select an available com port and then press the connect button.

The connect button will then turn green. The COM terminal can now be used. If there is a particular device then select the device from the drop down, just under the 'About' button. This will enable the required tool panels for that device.

Contact and FAQ

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