Its not weird, its the difference between a NULL modem cable and RS232 pass-through cable. Read up on the RS232 standard and you'll understand.
----- Original Message ----- From: "suresh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 9:49 PM Subject: Re: Please help me -RS-232 communication error . > hi > > Thank you.After i changed the pin configuration i got the eror corrected. > > The Palm serial cable is wired as a modem device (DCE). So pin #2 Rx is a > output, pin > > #3 is a input. A regular desktop computer is wires as Data Terminal (DTE). > The same pin > > numbers are used but Rx is a input, Tx is an output. Some devices will > require you swap > > the Rx & Tx pins. > > Otherwise you have inputs to inputs and outputs to outputs. No operation. > This is > > the most likly cause of your problem. > -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
