help needed installing USB to Serial Cable for ADTPro

[Joe Giliberti]

All right, ADT apparently thinks that it's connected all the time,
even when the cable is disconnected from the //c. I will continue
troubleshooting tomorrow. Goodnight!

On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 9:40 PM, Joe Giliberti <starbase89 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Any attempt to connect to view, send or receive results in a host timeout
>
> On Mar 11, 2017 9:15 PM, "Mike Whalen" <mikew at thecomputervalet.com> wrote:
>>
>> Are you getting host timeout when you attempt to list a directory?
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 7:53 PM Joe Giliberti <starbase89 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Not great news :(
>>> The computer recognized the serial port on COM5 and ADTPro says that
>>> it is connected. I am using the null modem cable from RetroFloppy for
>>> the //c and the Radioshack cable with the Prolific chipset (I switched
>>> over to this one because I thought this problem was caused by the
>>> other cable.) I set the working directory in ADT where the DSK files
>>> are and set the baud rate in Windows, ADT on the PC and ADT on the //c
>>> all to 19200. When I boot up the //c, I select (R)ecieve, punch in the
>>> filename, hit enter and...Host Timeout.
>>> Any idea what might not be working now?
>>>
>>> I really appreciate everyone's help
>>>
>>> Joe Giliberti
>>>
>>> On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 7:13 PM, Mike Whalen <mikew at thecomputervalet.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > Great news!
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 4:49 PM Joe Giliberti via cctalk
>>> > <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Okay, it's working the ugreen one. I did a stupid and dropped the
>>> >> RXTXComm file in the wrong place.
>>> >> Well, since all sales are final at Radioshack these days, I've got an
>>> >> extra cable...
>>> >>
>>> >> Thanks again. If I didn't look into the things suggested, I probably
>>> >> wouldn't have found my screw-up!
>>> >>
>>> >> Joe Giliberti
>>> >>
>>> >> On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 5:24 PM, Adrian Graham
>>> >> <witchy at binarydinosaurs.co.uk> wrote:
>>> >> > On 11/03/2017 21:52, "Joe Giliberti via cctalk"
>>> >> > <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
>>> >> > wrote:
>>> >> >
>>> >> >> The cable is branded "Ugreen." I've had difficulties with USB to
>>> >> >> RS232
>>> >> >> adapters in the past, which is why I bought it from the ADTPro
>>> >> >> website. I figured that it would be more likely to work straight
>>> >> >> away.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > I've had difficulties with everything I've used from ugreen, the
>>> >> > latest
>>> >> > being an HDMI-DVA adapter which just didn't work 100%. Trouble is
>>> >> > with
>>> >> > some
>>> >> > of these ebay buys you don't know who made it until it lands on your
>>> >> > mat.
>>> >> >
>>> >> >> On a venture to the grocery store today, I stopped in at a
>>> >> >> Radioshack
>>> >> >> which was having a liquidation sale. I bought their "Gigaware" USB
>>> >> >> to
>>> >> >> serial cable for a decent discount at $20. As I understand it, this
>>> >> >> one uses a Prolific chipset which can occasionally be troublesome..
>>> >> >> Thankfully, there appear to be drivers for it specifically for
>>> >> >> Windows
>>> >> >> 7.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Prolific! That's the chipset name I was trying to remember earlier.
>>> >> > Seems
>>> >> > that most ADTPro folks have more success with that one than the
>>> >> > others.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > --
>>> >> > Adrian/Witchy
>>> >> > Binary Dinosaurs creator/curator
>>> >> > Www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UK's biggest private home computer
>>> >> > collection?
>>> >> >
>>> >> >