FWIW, I have had very bad luck with Prolific USB<->Serial converters. The have failed to work 90% of the time when I have tried them (on multiple platforms, applications, etc.)
FDTI converters are much better, far, far fewer issues. I’m not saying for certain that the Prolific adapter is your issue but if it were me, I would suspect it. Jeff_Birt (Hey Birt!) From: M100 <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Thomas Morehouse Sent: Friday, April 5, 2019 7:15 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [M100] TeraTerm - still not communicating John - sorry, but I'm a dolt. Unfortunately I have no idea what "looping back both sides" means. Hitting a brick wall! TM On Fri, Apr 5, 2019 at 8:08 AM John Gardner <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: OK. sounds like you know what you're doing. Have you tried looping back both sides of the connection? On 4/5/19, John Gardner <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: > On the Device Manager toolbar, click View & select "Show > > hidden devices". What do you see now? > > I'm not familiar with Prolific-based USB to Serial devices; > > do you have the requisite driver loaded? > > On 4/5/19, John Gardner <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: >> In W10, open the Control Panel, click on Device Manager, >> >> click Ports (COM & LPT) - COM1 is normally the default - Is >> >> that what you see? >> >> On 4/5/19, Thomas Morehouse <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: >>> Gentlemen - >>> >>> I've got my 102 connected to my Win10 laptop. >>> >>> USB to serial cable, with null modem adapter. >>> >>> I've got Telcom STAT set to 57E1E. Then I choose TERM. >>> >>> I've got TeraTerm set to Com6/Prolific, with port set to 1200 bps, 7E1, >>> xon/off. >>> >>> Still no comms either way. Characters typed on either device don't >>> appear >>> on the other device. >>> >>> I'm just guessing at how to use TeraTerm, as even in the help files I >>> find >>> no "step by step" to connecting. In other words, what to do when. >>> >>> Advice from a TeraTerm user needed! >>> Thanks. >>> Tom M. >>> >> >
