having trouble receiving serial data using my USB->serial adaptor

[Bob Bishop]

Hi,

On 1 Jul 2008, at 11:01, Rohit Grover wrote:

> My USB->serial adaptor has a NULL modem built into it, so attaching an
> external NULL modem was un-necessary and incorrect. It is a wonder  
> that the
> devices survived this treatment.

FTR, standards-compliant serial ports are pretty robust; it would be  
much more surprising if the devices hadn't survived.

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