Re: Please Help me with Parallel link
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Re: Please Help me with Parallel link
i just tried it on my mom's pc at work and my link worked fine. any idea
why it doesn't work at home????
Calvin Miracle wrote:
>
> Tikigod wrote:
> >
> > I just made a parallel link and it doesn't work. it slows my calc way
> > down and when i try to send something it causes and xmit error. I took
> > my link to a store and they checked it and said it didn't have any
> > shorts or anything like that and should work fine. i tried starting my
> > software first but that didn't help it still almost locks up the calc by
> > really Slooowing it down. I'd really appreciate the help thanks.
> > you can E-mail me or post it.
> >
> > Tikigod
>
> Tiki...
>
> It's been my experience that you may have a short to ground of one
> of the TI signal wires. Try this: unplug the jack from your
> calculator, and unplug the Dshell end from your printer port.
> Take an ohmmeter or continuity checker and check for 0 ohms from
> tip to sleave or from ring to sleave (red to braided or white to
> braided). This would indicate a short and would need to be
> corrected... Take a real close squint at your wiring.
>
> I've been working on a serial cable. I caught a mistake in my
> wiring that shorted the white line to the braided line... the
> calculator slowed to a crawl. After I corrected that mistake,
> the calculator acted normally.
>
> I beleive your problem is hardware, not software. Let us know
> what you find out!
>
> -- Calvin Miracle, Louisville, KY
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