Hi,
> I recently purchased a second-hand desktop (w/o the monitor) to use as
> my development sandbox.
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What sort of cable are you using to connect from the USB adaptor to the
desktop machine? If it is a straight-through one (even with a gender
bender) it will not work. You need a null-modem, or at least a crossover
on TX and RX pins.
I have been connecting the USB adaptor directly to the desktop through
a gender bender.
Can I hope to purchase a null-modem at a Disk Smith Electronics store?
Is a gender bender necessary for all usb->serial adaptors? Dick Smith
doesn't have a null modem listed on their website.
Vik's suggestion to short out pins 2&3 and see if you see your own
transmissions echoed is a good one.
Does the experiment require me to connect pins 2 and 3 on the DB9 with
a short wire? should the DB9 connector be connected to the desktop
with the pins shorted?
regards,
Rohit.
