Thanks all. Mike, you wrote: "As mentioned, a loopback is the best way to start troubleshooting: I'm assuming that there is a female connector in the cable/adapter coming from the M100; insert a paper clip between pins 2 and 3, make sure Full Duplex is selected and everything you type on the M100 should show on the screen."
The M102 port is nine pins (male). So you're saying to "short" pins 2 and 3 in that port as the other MikeS says "2nd and 3rd from the right on the bottom row". Done. Telcom STAT 58N1D. TERM. Type some characters. Unfortunately, no characters appeared on the screen, when I typed them. Only way to get characters to appear on the screen is by hitting F3, so the screen shows: Prev Down Up Half Then I can see the characters. Good grief. So the "loopback" failed? Are we having fun yet? On Fri, Apr 5, 2019 at 4:10 PM Mike Stein <[email protected]> wrote: > I installed Tera Term on my Win10 laptop and no issues whatsoever, so it > looks like a setup or cable issue (assuming that the hardware is working > 100%). I am using an FTDI adapter but I doubt that a Prolific version would > not work at all; I'll try to dig one out later and try it. > > As mentioned, a loopback is the best way to start troubleshooting: I'm > assuming that there is a female connector in the cable/adapter coming from > the M100; insert a paper clip between pins 2 and 3, make sure Full Duplex > is selected and everything you type on the M100 should show on the screen. > > A little trickier going the other way because the connectors are probably > male, but if you can find a way (or get someone to help) to connect pins > 2 and 3 on the USB adapter while you type on the laptop you should be able > to verify that that part is working. > > You've probably already checked all this, but just in case: > > In Tera Term the only thing you need to set/check is that you selected > Serial when it started and that in Setup/Serial the port name matches what > you see in your system Setup and the speed/handshake matches the M100; > COM4, 19200bd, the default 8bit/none/1bit and XON/XOFF in my case. > Setup/Save Setup once you're happy. > > The USB adapter should show in the laptop's Settings/Devices/Devices and > Printers; if it doesn't show the COM port used then right-click on the > adapter, ask for Properties/Hardware. Obviously it should match what you > selected in Tera Term. > > On the M100: TELCOM, Stat (F3) and the parameters you want to use (98N1E > in my case). > Enter, Term (F4) and away you go. Of course what you type will only show > on the other computer unless you select Half Duplex. > > Good luck! > > m > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Thomas Morehouse <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Friday, April 05, 2019 6:50 AM > *Subject:* [M100] TeraTerm - still not communicating > > 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. > >
