John - isn't that the same as using half/full duplex? TeraTerm on Win10 lets me "echo" sent characters; duplex on TELCOM lets me do the same on the 102.
Tom M. On Fri, Apr 5, 2019 at 9:11 AM John Gardner <[email protected]> wrote: > You should be able to tie ("loop back") the TX pin of > > your convertor to the RX pin, so that sent characters > > are echoed to the display. Same deal on the MT side. > > > > On 4/5/19, 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. > >>>>> > >>>> > >>> > >> > >> > > >
