Re: OFF TOPIC: W/95 term progs > COM5? RESOLVED
Thanx for the reply Problem is resolved. They show up in the device manager, and I know they work because of diagnostic utilities provided with the board. The problem was that non of the apps I used would see com5. Hyperterm still won't, but PCPlus did after some configuration of PCPlus. So problem is resolved. Thanx again, Ed On Tue, 22 Sep 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Edward J Young writes: > [snip] > > I need to use the board to communicate serialy with some other systems. To > > do this I need a com program that will work with com5 and above. I know > > this is possible, but since com ports above 4 are nonstandard in the > > W/World, most programs don't go up there. I believe it's simply that they > > have hardcoded their programs, not that it's not possible. > > Ok, are the additional serial ports shown in the device manager menu? > (Settings, Control panel, System, Device Manager, Ports) If they show there, > you should be able to use Hyperterm. > > -- > -= Sent by Debian 1.3 Linux =- > Thomas Kocourek KD4CIK > @[EMAIL PROTECTED]@westgac3.dragon.com Remove @_@ for correct Email address > --... ...-- ... -.. . -.- -.. - -.-. .. -.- >
Re: OFF TOPIC: W/95 term progs > COM5?
Edward J Young writes: [snip] > I need to use the board to communicate serialy with some other systems. To > do this I need a com program that will work with com5 and above. I know > this is possible, but since com ports above 4 are nonstandard in the > W/World, most programs don't go up there. I believe it's simply that they > have hardcoded their programs, not that it's not possible. Ok, are the additional serial ports shown in the device manager menu? (Settings, Control panel, System, Device Manager, Ports) If they show there, you should be able to use Hyperterm. -- -= Sent by Debian 1.3 Linux =- Thomas Kocourek KD4CIK @[EMAIL PROTECTED]@westgac3.dragon.com Remove @_@ for correct Email address --... ...-- ... -.. . -.- -.. - -.-. .. -.-
Re: OFF TOPIC: W/95 term progs > COM5?
Kent, I guess I didn't make myself clear. I need a com program to *use* the ports, not to verify that they work. I already know that they work, and that the card is working. I know this by some other diagnostics which the board came with. The new ports are mapped to com5 and above. I need to use the board to communicate serialy with some other systems. To do this I need a com program that will work with com5 and above. I know this is possible, but since com ports above 4 are nonstandard in the W/World, most programs don't go up there. I believe it's simply that they have hardcoded their programs, not that it's not possible. Thanx, Ed On Sun, 20 Sep 1998, Kent West wrote: > > > I've never played with more than 4 com ports, so this may not work at > all, but you can give it a go. Attach a modem to one of the ports (say, > COM5), then from a "Command Prompt Only" (or "Restart Computer in MS-DOS > Mode") prompt, enter a command like: >echo ATDT(phone_num_of_your_second_line) > COM5 > and see if the modem dials your second phone line. If so, then you know > the card is (at least partially) working. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
Re: OFF TOPIC: W/95 term progs > COM5?
On Sat, 19 Sep 1998, Edward J Young wrote: > > Sorry to ask about a W/95 issue here, but I need to validate a board on > W/95 before I use it on Linux. > > I need to be able to talk to my extended serial ports using a terminal > program. I can't find any Software that will open a terminal and talk to > anything above COM4. PCPlus, hyperterm, etc are hardcoded to COM4 and > below, so I can't even get started with those. > > I am using a Cyclades 4yo board which adds 4 more serial ports and works > under Linux. Too bad W/95 apps are limiting me. > > Ed Young I've never played with more than 4 com ports, so this may not work at all, but you can give it a go. Attach a modem to one of the ports (say, COM5), then from a "Command Prompt Only" (or "Restart Computer in MS-DOS Mode") prompt, enter a command like: echo ATDT(phone_num_of_your_second_line) > COM5 and see if the modem dials your second phone line. If so, then you know the card is (at least partially) working. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
