I am still struggling with the single adapter. The dual arrives tomorrow. I spoke to Ted and he inspired me by his confidence that we will eventually get it going. I will probably pay him a visit on my way up to Canada early next week. Thanks for your suggestions. Good luck with your stepper project. Barrie >>> >>> You definitely need what's called a "straight through" cable I think. >>> Not one set up for a printer for instance. >>> >> Does that mean >> Rx to Rx >> Tx to Tx >> or should it be >> Rx to Tx >> Tx to Rx >> >> Barrie >> > > The latter I do believe. Otherwise you have an in to an in, instead of > an in to an out. > > And I think my own case is that somebody nice marked my board wrong , > and I had to reverse things. Nothing got blown up though. > > That's for later. :) > > Robert > > > -- > To unsubscribe, send ANY message to <futurebasic-unsubscribe@...> >