help needed installing USB to Serial Cable for ADTPro

[Joe Giliberti]

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?
>> >
>> >