Been there, done that - I've had good luck with the FTDI-based convertors sold by Adafruit. Some good tutorials on that site too.
https://www.adafruit.com/product/284 On 4/5/19, Jeffrey Birt <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. >>>> >>> >> > >
