Altera MAX II - Manual (Page 27)

Altera Corporation Development Kit Version 1.1.0 2–19
July 2005 MAX II Development Kit Getting Started User Guide
Getting Started
Figure 2–7. Device Manager Window
5. If successful communication is established, the LCD displays
Connected to PC!
.
6. The PC Application allows you to read from and write to most of
the components on the MAX II board. Note the Default Encoding
drop down box in the Control Options section of the user interface.
This controls how the MAX II device interprets the data sent to and
received from the MAX II board. If you select Hexadecimal, the PC
will treat all data as hexadecimal characters. If you select ASCII,
then the PC will interpret all data as ASCII.
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This demo relies on the appropriate transmission of data
from the PC to the board. If corrupt data is transmitted,
errors will occur. The application on the PC may be
unaware of hardware errors. The board will show hardware
errors by flashing the LEDs. If you see that the LEDs are
flashing, click the Close Port button on the PC application
and press S1 on the development board. You can then
re-open the port and use the demo as normal.