Well, TeraTerm was recommended when I first started this adventure, and I saw no negatives mentioned about Prolific hardware, I have to stick with what I've got.
Is anyone familiar with using TeraTerm? Thanks. Tom M. On Fri, Apr 5, 2019 at 8:43 AM John Gardner <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > >>>> > >>> > >> > > > > >
