$4 serial cable-did I do it wrong?
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mattventura wrote:
Well, since the hardware appears to work, how would I go about fixing the software issues? Could I try the normal TI-Connect software?


You could.
Ultimate Dev'r wrote:
mattventura wrote:
Well, since the hardware appears to work, how would I go about fixing the software issues? Could I try the normal TI-Connect software?


You could.
I'm about 86% sure that TI-Connect supports neither the Gray nor the Black link, although TI-GraphLink supported both.
TI Connect claims to support both, though in my case it successfully detects the calculator then hangs. TiLP-II works perfectly.
I've only had success with USB + Silverlink via TI-Connect, and even there, only with the 83+/84+ line. I only keep it around for the program editor.
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elfprince13 wrote:
I've only had success with USB + Silverlink via TI-Connect, and even there, only with the 83+/84+ line. I only keep it around for the program editor.
Same here, that's why I thought it didn't actually work in TI-Connect at all. Smile
Doesn't work in TI-Connect, however, the light does blink off when it does the scanning. Still no luck with TiLP or TiLP II on linux or TiLP II on windows.
KermMartian wrote:
Ultimate Dev'r wrote:
mattventura wrote:
Well, since the hardware appears to work, how would I go about fixing the software issues? Could I try the normal TI-Connect software?


You could.
I'm about 86% sure that TI-Connect supports neither the Gray nor the Black link, although TI-GraphLink supported both.


It most certainly does support the black link, because that's my preferred link cable and I use TI Connect.
Does anyone know of any low-level serial port "debuggers" that will allow me to send and receive data through a serial port? If so, what sequence of bytes would I send that would warrant some kind of response?
mattventura wrote:
Does anyone know of any low-level serial port "debuggers" that will allow me to send and receive data through a serial port?


PuTTY
If you run a pre-Vista copy of Windows, HyperTerminal is preinstalled (Start->Run, hypertrm.exe).

Edit: Of course, the $4 link doesn't actually understand serial data transfer - the TI link protocol is handled in software by toggling pins on the port manually. The classic grey link cable has a chip in it that handles the serial to TI link protocol conversion.
Thats why I need something low level, or a serial->to converter program.
mattventura wrote:
Thats why I need something low level, or a serial->to converter program.
Well, all the BlackLink-compatible programs have a built-in routine to do so, but I don't know of any standalone programmm.
I think I have found the problem with Ti-Connect. It keeps trying to probe for calcs on COM6, which is a serial port over BT. It freezes when it tries to. I'll try disabling that.
  
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