Two things to check. First, in device manager what com port is being assigned to the FTDI adapter. Second. What is the pinout of the cable you are using. mcomm is rather picky on the cable. >From the manual 7 Wire Cable PC Model-T DCD 1 NC RX 2 ← 2 TX TX 3 → 3 RX DTR 4 → 6 DSR GND 5 ↔ 7 GND DSR 6 ← 20 DTR RTS 7 → 5 CTS CTS 8 ← 4 RTS RI 9 NC
On Sun, Dec 17, 2023, at 12:16 PM, Peter Vollan wrote: > And Device Manager says that my FTDI usb to serial adaptor is working > properly. > > On Sun, 17 Dec 2023 at 12:08, Peter Vollan <dprogra...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Mcomm gives me the message: >> Unabled to start service (<-sic) >> TDD/TELCOM service started >> >> and then TS DOS just says Drive not ready. >> Windows 8 on a Microsoft Surface Pro >>
