PsiWin & USB/RS232 adaptor connection just won't work

[Robinski]

Like a lot of other users I am having trouble connecting my Psion Revo to a
Dell Desktop, running XP Home SP2. I had

bought a USB-RS232 interface lead from Expansys, as part of a bundle with a
Revo docking station. (It contains a

"prolific" chip).

I've looked through various forums for clues as to why it will not work.

I've installed Psiwin 2.3.3, tired various drivers etc. I've tried baud
rate, COM port setting to no avail.

I have managed to get the two machines to communicate after a fashion by
running hyperterminal on the PC and the

"Hermes" terminal emulator on the Psion. Characters can be passed to a fro
like this.

Also I can see a string of data on the PC's hyperterminal window being sent
from the Psion, just by enabling the

link on the Psion. COnverseley, I can see some data being picked up by the
Psion (using hermes), when Psiwin tries

to connect.

Finally i found a small program called PsiLog link (Southern Cross
Software Solutions). Although this is intended

for use with data logging applications, when run on the PC it opens
communications to the Psion almost immediately.

The outcom of this would seem to me to proove that the USB/RS232 convertor
is basically running correctly, and all I

can deduce is that PSIWIN is trying to do something odd with the com port.

If anyone could she some light on things I would be very grateful, since I'm
now stumped!

Many Thanks

Robinski

[Robinski]

You need to make up a "null-modem"

"Chris Walker" <chris...@wymondham.demon.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message
news:ant1822460b0+gH=@Florida.my.home...
> In article <43c5751d$0$63084$ed2e...@ptn-nntp-reader04.plus.net>,
> Robinski

> <URL:mailto:robin...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>> Like a lot of other users I am having trouble connecting my Psion Revo to
>> a
>> Dell Desktop, running XP Home SP2. I had bought a USB-RS232 interface
>> lead
>> from Expansys, as part of a bundle with a Revo docking station. (It
>> contains a "prolific" chip).
>>
>> I've looked through various forums for clues as to why it will not work.
>>
>> I've installed Psiwin 2.3.3, tired various drivers etc. I've tried baud
>> rate, COM port setting to no avail.

> [snip]
>> The outcome of this would seem to me to proove that the USB/RS232

>> convertor
>> is basically running correctly, and all I can deduce is that PSIWIN is
>> trying to do something odd with the com port.
>>
>> If anyone could she some light on things I would be very grateful, since
>> I'm now stumped!
>

> Hi,
>
> I wonder if you've had any joy with this as I'm struggling to fix the same
> problem. I followed hints in various forums too and like you, I can
> communicate with the Psion, in my case a netbook but I don't imagine it
> matters, via HyperTerminal on the PC and so it proves that the various
> ports
> are working. So it would appear that XP is indeed doing some odd but I'm
> blowed if I can see what it is.
>
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