[1000mp] Serial Port Dead

[Rob Murray]

Thanks all for the suggestions; to take them all in turn - 

My laptop serial port works fine with other things, eg., GPS stream input.

I tried the test4MP program, and it flashes my comport 4 lights when it
tests for it (and this is the port that I try to connect to the Mark 5 to)
says it is present but the Mark 5 is not connected to it.

I do not know if the null modem is built into the rig; I do know that the
instruction manual says to use a straight cable, and not to use a null modem
cable. So I used a straight cable. (It does appear to me that latterly the
CAT section of the manual has been greatly expanded, as I can find nothing
to complain about re the information given. Unless of course, they erred...)

I was wondering if there is an on/off switch for that connector in the upper
(nomrally hidden) menu; or if anyone else had had a similar problem.

Failing that, I could try a null modem cable in desparation, I suppose.

Robert Murray    VA7RMM
RR1 S5 C16
Edgewood, BC    V0G 1J0
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