Make sure the device sending serial data has the SAME speed (baud
rate), number of bits/byte (7 or 8) and stop bit (yes/no) as the
computer is looking for. Transmitting at 4800 baud while listening at
2400 baud, for instance, gives the experience you're observing.

It's in the MANUAL for the instruments and the software.....


On 10 Aug 2003 13:12:54 -0700, (EC) wrote:

A friend of mine is trying to test a brand new NETMIND Trawl Monitor
System but the IBM Thinkpad won't interpret incoming data thru rs-232
to USB2 adapter supposed to work on com2 . Any idea as to what should
be done so it would be testable with that Thinkpad ? Thanks a lot.

EC

Larry

Extremely intelligent life must exist in the universe.
You can tell because they never tried to contact us.