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Subject: Re: [M]: RS232 doesn't respond
From: Paul Goelz
Reply To: mapug@shore.net
Date: Mon Dec 06 11:46:00 1999

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>It seems that the two will not talk unless I have the phone splitter
>installed. (This splitter plugs into a standard phone jack and provide
>two outlets).
>
>All I can think is that the splitter is somehow conditioning/slowing the
>signals.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Thanks,
>Bill

Sounds like a classic case of reversed plug-itis. If you need a straight
through cable but both cables are crossed (ie., pin 1 to pin 4, pin 2 to
pin 3, etc.) then plugging them in series un-crosses them.


Paul Goelz
Rochester Hills, MI
pgoelz at eaglequest dot com
Videoastronomy and music web site:
http://www.eaglequest.com/~pgoelz


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