Re: TI-H: Re: Newbie Q - The imfamous 'not working' message

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Re: TI-H: Re: Newbie Q - The imfamous 'not working' message


And....make sure that your LED is not blown.


>From: "Andrew Hivner" <ahivner@desupernet.net>
>Reply-To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org
>To: <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
>Subject: Re: TI-H: Re: Newbie Q - The imfamous 'not working' message
>Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2000 13:07:50 -0400
>
>
>If the LED doesn't light up, it's not working at all.  It should be on at
>all times.  I would look at the link hardware, and make sure that you have
>it in the right port.  Also see if the port is enabled in Device Manager.
>
>Andrew
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: William Cox <william@characterlink.net>
>To: <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
>Sent: Friday, August 04, 2000 10:05 PM
>Subject: Re: TI-H: Re: Newbie Q - The imfamous 'not working' message
>
>
> >
> > I still can't figure it out. I've DLd and tried almost every sender for
>the
> > 85. Should the LED light up when it is plugged in, or just during
>transmit?
> > Mine doesn't light up at all. I don't understand your comments about
> > voltages.
> > -William
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: David Knaack <dknaack@rdtech.com>
> > To: <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2000 11:41 AM
> > Subject: TI-H: Re: Newbie Q - The imfamous 'not working' message
> >
> >
> > >
> > > From: "William Cox" <william@characterlink.net>
> > > > I'm using the $4 dollar
> > > > schemo. I've been over the circuit a number of time, and I'm fairly
> > > certian
> > > > that all is well. But, it doesn't work. Whenever I plug in the cable
> > into
> > > > the COM1 port and into my calc. The screen (on the calc) freezes.
> > >
> > > Generally it will freeze if the link program has not initialized the
> > serial
> > > port correctly.  When idle the voltages on both link port connectors
>(calc
> > > and link cable) should be about 5v.  If you check you will almost
> > certainly
> > > find that one or both of your link cable lines are at 0 volts.  For 
>some
> > > reason the calc runs slow under this condition, I don't know why,
>perhaps
> > > the processor enters a tight wait loop to monitor that line for the
> > > communication protocol.
> > >
> > > > None of the programs I've DLd have gotten there.
> > >
> > > One of them, Cal I think, used to have the com1 and com2 backwards,
>which
> > > caused no end of problems for people.
> > >
> > > DK
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>


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