"> - Buy a little box with two RS-232 connectors > (generally 25 pins, > but perhaps there are also 9-pins versions now) > with 9 two-color > LED's that indicate the state of the 9 most > important lines."
Sound interesting.. Is there a schematic for this device?? Thanks again. Rhonnz > LED's that indicate the state of the 9 most > important lines. --- Jaap van Ganswijk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 2004-02-08 14:29, Uwe Zimmermann wrote: > >What kind of cable did you use to connect the > second com port? Was it > >delivered with your motherboard? There is no > standard layout for the > >cable connectors on motherboards and you'll have to > make sure to use a > >matching cable for the connectors on your > particular motherboard. > > Correct. > > >You might start with comparing it to the cable > attached you your other > >com port - or you might even use this cable for > test purposes... > > His other com port connector is soldered onto the > mother board. > (Strange that not both or soldered on, but if that > is the case...). > > Things you can also do: > - Buy a little box with two RS-232 connectors > (generally 25 pins, > but perhaps there are also 9-pins versions now) > with 9 two-color > LED's that indicate the state of the 9 most > important lines. > Very useful to have anyway. Ask at a local > electronics store, > or order via the internet. They should cost about > $8. > - Use a multi-meter. Outgoing channels should always > be -12V or > +12V and the output data-channel will flicker to > the other voltage > when data is being send. The input channel should > be 0V. > - Buy a PCI-card with extra ports. > - Buy an USB to RS-232 box. (Usually also with other > ports like > printer ports). > - Buy a data switch that can switch from one serial > connector > to one of two or four, by turning a knob. I have > one with four > so I can connect upto 4 devices to a single serial > port, but > I can use only one at the time of course. > > >rt> My MOBO is equipt with 2 COM Port,COM1 is build > in > >rt> into the board,soldered directly into the > mobo,and > >rt> there is a provision to add a second port,COM2. > >rt> As my need increases for port, I just installed > >rt> another COM port,COM2 via a cable with build in > >rt> connector. > >rt> I set my BIOS to auto assign IRQ for my PORT > but I > >rt> can't make it work. > > It's not likely that it's caused by IRQ settings. > > >rt> I go to Device manager for any conflict in my > IRQ but > >rt> found nothing. > >rt> I used a diagnostic program that uses a > LOOPBACK Plug > >rt> to check my COM2 and the software told me that > COM2 is > >rt> Sending Data but not receiving it.. > >rt> Is the fault in my MOBO?? > > That is also not very likely. > > Greetings, > Jaap > > -- > Author: Jaap van Ganswijk > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Hosting, San Diego, California -- > http://www.fatcity.com > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an > E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of > 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB > CHIPDIR-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed > from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information > (like subscribing). ===== Ronnie B. Tabanao Everything Electronics Services #06 Juan Luna St.,La Castellana,Negros Occidental 6131 Philippines __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html -- Author: rhonn tabanao INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Hosting, San Diego, California -- http://www.fatcity.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB CHIPDIR-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
