we had already told you you MUST use a 3.3v translator of your choosing.

On 5/22/2016 4:22 PM, Shaurabh Kumar Singh wrote:
> @Bruce
> I should have mentioned it earlier. Anyway, it is a null modem cable
> (DB 25 male to DB 9 female). I have tried every permutation and
> combination between the TxDs' and RxDs' . I am not using any adapter
> at the BBB. I am simply making wired connections. From the RS 232 USB
> end I have four wires (red,green,white,black) of which i am connecting
> green white and black as suggested and shown in examples available
> online. 
> I had previously asked if i should instead use an FTDI USB to serial
> adapter designed for BBBs.
> Also, a possibility is, as discussed earlier, the BBB might be lacking
> necessary drivers.
>
>
> On Sun, May 22, 2016 at 1:47 PM, Bruce Boyes <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
>     If you used a straight through serial cable from your PC to the
>     CNC then the CNC is likely DCE, since the PC serial is usually
>     DTE. If you used a null modem cable then the CNC could be DTE. You
>     didn't specify which cable you used.
>
>     DCE is Data Communication Equipment and originally was a device
>     like a modem, not a Terminal or PC.  DTE, the Data Terminal
>     Equipment was "in charge" and could control peripherals like
>     serial modems or printers. 
>
>     A modem or DCE device generally just waits there to be told what
>     to do. DTE connects to DCE with a "standard" cable which is just
>     straight through since the hardware DCE and DTE ports themselves
>     are wired such that the TXD from DTE connects to the RXD of DCE
>     and vice versa. To connect DTE to DTE or DCE to DCE you need a
>     "null modem" cable which swaps those pins in the cable, otherwise
>     you have both TXD connected to each other = won't work.
>
>     What UART adapter are you using on BBB? Did I miss that
>     information? Apologies if I just added to the confusion.
>
>     Bruce
>
>
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