| The Intelligent Asynchronous Serial Interface (IASI) is a common
standard that makes it much easier to control and use hardware from
either a standard communication interface (terminal) or a
microcontroller. It is based on a very simple text command set and a
flexible hardware interface. The ‘Intelligent’ aspect is derived from
the fact that each particular IASI knows about the connected hardware so
a simple command can make the hardware perform a reasonably complex
function. Scroll text on an LCD display for example. Contained
within this html page are scripts that will work in conjunction with the
IASI devices, the big advantage of using IASI is that they can be
connected directly to the RS232 COM port if there is one on the PC and
more than one device can be connected to the same port because the
devices can be configured with their own address.
Because VBScript is used then an IE (Microsoft)
compatible browser is required. VBscript can also be made to run stand alone and within
Microsoft applications such as Excel and Word. The script in this file
should run with little modification.
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