OK I am now fully Space certified. fyi I do seti already and i have emailed Miles.

Thanks

I fully understand that. If i put down my contact details will you or Miles give me a call in the USA ?

Miles I cannot send you email. It says :


Connected to 207.34.113.81 but sender was rejected.
Remote host said: 550 This system is configured to reject mail from
web11507.mail.yahoo.com


I also had problems when i tried to email my problem to Henry

Can the VK204-25 also power anythig off the GPO ? Is it powerful enough ?

Looking at the LK204-25 and like the fact that i can run quite a few fans/relays off the GPO but dont quite like the dullness of it. Is there something that has the brightness of the VFD2041 ? And is it avalavle in a Kit form with pc inserts etc ?

Neville

Any other ideas ? Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeze.............


Neville

Matt i now have tried them on 3 different computers, also tried different ports and even different baud rates. I know for certain now I have the right cable. Yes Both com ports are enabled as usual at IRQ4, 3F8 and com2 IRQ3, 2F8 Doing a "mode com1" tells me that they are at 19200,n,8,1. I...

OK well i finally found a straight thru cable @ RadioShack and its called an RS-232C cable. Back of the box clearly indicates that pins 2,3,5 lineup to each other but I still have the problem. My first character on the display is a solid block and the 2nd one is a flashing solid cursor. I also check...

Why is that when i disconnect my cable fro the back of the VFD com port the display turns off ? Doesnt that means its detecting the cable ?

When you say serial, do you mean a typical rs-232 used lets say to extend a serial mouse cable ? I'll see if i can go out and get another cable

Henry, I have tried using Hyperterm, MOGD and the other sharewares but no luck. I just cant seem to talk to the device at all. I dont have any IRQ conflicts and no devices like cameras attached to my ports. I can check on the status of my 2 com ports and they display as 19200,n,8,1. I also used anot...

Cheese, I got so frustrated that i stripped that new cable i bought and cut all wires and soldered only those as indicated in the diagrams .ie pins 2,3 & 5. But i still just get a flashing cursor. Am I suppose to get an "initialising " screen when powering on ? From the moment its gets...

Thats what I thought so i went to Compusa and got a serial 9pin male and 9pin female,
typically the same cables used to extend serial mouse etc but that didnt work either.

I just bought this from a colleague that never ended up using his but i cannot get it to work. I have modified the cable so it sends 5volts and powers up the VFD just fine. All i get is a blinking cursor. By default its set to 19200 and i checked that my BIOS and XP have these enabled and set at 192...