> On Wed, 5 May 1999, Marcel Mason wrote:
>
> > Just like the doc's tell me to I have attached a 25 pin M-to-M modem
> > cable (the same one we use between our modems and our other PM2's)
> > with the 25-to-9 pin adapter to COM1 of my computer.
> >
> > Dip switch 1 on the router is up, all others are down and I have my terminal
> > prog set to 9600-N-8-1 as per the manual.
> >
> > When I start the terminal program & connect absolutely nothing
> > happens, the prog tells me that it is connected however nothing appears
> > on the screen.
>
> You need a null-modem adapter. Both devices are transmitting to each other
> on one wire and listening on another. You need for one to transmit on the
> wire where the other listens.
>
> Visit your local Rat Shack and get a null-modem and one of those light
> boxes that shows the status of all of the lines.
and double then triple check that _ALL_ pins are wired...
some null modem cables don't have DTR (IIRC) and that'll cause no end of
headaches.
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