bpa wrote: > A null modem cable should have pins 2 & 3 crossed - can be easily tested > with a meter. > > Also make sure you have "hardware flow control" on the PC terminal > emulator disabled when connecting as this can prevent data being > sent/received if the null modem cable does not pull pins DCD,DTR and DSR > high.
Its a bit more basic than that, the serial end of the null modem cable (actually USB to serial cable as I have no pc with a serial port on) is male, but it needs to be female! CW ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Chunkywizard's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=25868 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98544 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
