help needed installing USB to Serial Cable for ADTPro

[Mike Whalen]

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?
> >> >
> >> >
>