thanx, but the cable is one that came with the device, so its specific to
that
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Sabram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Palm Developer Forum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, May 04, 2000 3:02 PM
Subject: Re: Getting a responce from a serial device
>First thing to do is make sure that your serial hardware (cables, wires,
et. al.) is working and then start to write you code.
>Sometimes you have the wrong cable and need a Null Modem cable instead of a
pass-thru considering the device you are using. To make
>sure this works, get a regular terminal emulator application for the Palm.
I recommend OnLine from MarkSpace (www.markspace.com).
>This lets you make sure that the right data, if any, is coming into the
Palm device.
>
>Damn! I'm recommending this device so much lately, I should be getting a
commission. :)
>
>Steve
>
>Charles Rezsonya wrote:
>
>> i have opened a serial connection with a device at 9600, 8 bits per char,
1
>> stop bit. probing the serial devices settings its at 9600 8n1. i
believe
>> that i'm sending it valid instructions because when i tell it to read a
card
>> it becomes armed. but the next obivious step is to receive the data from
>> the unit. i tried some serialmanager calls but on receiving data it
fails
>> (timeout) and transmits ok.
>>
>> can someone shed some light on this routine?
>>
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