On 10/3/2014 8:19 PM, Joel Rees wrote: > On Sat, Oct 4, 2014 at 5:52 AM, Jerry Stuckle <jstuc...@attglobal.net> wrote: >> On 10/2/2014 8:24 PM, Ethan Rosenberg wrote: >>> [...] >> >> In addition to Dan's comments - is your cable OK? Do you need a >> straight-through cable or a cross-over cable? Does the terminal >> require/honor DSR/TSR and RTS/CTS? If so, are these lines active? >> >> You may need a breakout box on the cable to see what's happening on the >> lines. > > If, for some reason, you can't get a breakout box, you may be able to > do basic tests on the cable with a multimeter (ohm-meter or > connectivity function), the pin diagrams, some patience, and maybe an > extra pair of hands (if you can't find small-mouth alligator clips or > pin clips). Just don't tell whoever handles requisitions/budget unless > they understand that patience costs time and money when doing things > like this. You have to be really careful to keep the leads from > slipping, and not noticing a slipped lead can cost hours of > unnecessary work.And there are tests you really don't want to try > without a breakout box or the equivalent. >
Why couldn't he? They're cheap, i.e. http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10001_10001_14285_-1. Note if he's using DB9 connectors he would need a pair of DB9-DB25 connectors. But they are also cheap. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/542f4545.5020...@attglobal.net
