Re: [M100] 102 com port power drain?

2019-04-15 Thread Mike Stein
And here's the Prolific PL2303 version that works for me: https://www.ugreen.com/product/UGREEN_USB_2_to_RS232_DB9_Serial_Cable_Male_A_Converter_Adapter_with_PL2303_Chipset-en.html - Original Message - From: Thomas Morehouse To: m...@bitchin100.com Sent: Monday, April 15, 2019

Re: [M100] 102 com port power drain?

2019-04-15 Thread Thomas Morehouse
Rocky - here you go: https://www.dtechelectronics.com/dtech-dt-5011-usb-2-0-to-rs232-cable-ftdi-chip_p96.html Tom M. On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 10:32 PM Rocky Gregory wrote: > Do you have a link to the cable you mention? If your email had a > hyperlink it got stripped > >> >>

Re: [M100] 102 com port power drain?

2019-04-15 Thread Rocky Gregory
Do you have a link to the cable you mention? If your email had a hyperlink it got stripped On Mon, Apr 15, 2019, 5:18 PM Thomas Morehouse wrote: > Victory. > > I bought another USB/serial adapter/cable; usb to RS232. This one (sold > by DTECH) works perfectly. Plugged it in, 102 screen

Re: [M100] 102 com port power drain?

2019-04-15 Thread Mike Stein
At last! Excellent! I don't know why this turned into such a lengthy, frustrating and confusing (and expensive ;-) thread... We knew that whatever you were using worked, it was all normal commercial stuff (i.e. no homemade cables etc.), your LCD worked normally without the USB cable plugged

Re: [M100] 102 com port power drain?

2019-04-15 Thread Tom Dison
First principles - try, try again. Well done! On Mon, Apr 15, 2019, 7:18 PM Thomas Morehouse wrote: > Victory. > > I bought another USB/serial adapter/cable; usb to RS232. This one (sold > by DTECH) works perfectly. Plugged it in, 102 screen remained normal and > clear. Transferred several

Re: [M100] 102 com port power drain?

2019-04-15 Thread Thomas Morehouse
Victory. I bought another USB/serial adapter/cable; usb to RS232. This one (sold by DTECH) works perfectly. Plugged it in, 102 screen remained normal and clear. Transferred several small text files back and forth 102 to Dell. Onward through the fog! Thanks again all. Tom M.