I don't know how much stupid I am... but I included the the original printer cable and it printed... as if the printer serial cable was a null modem... thank you all... sorry about the noisy...
2011/4/19 Leonardo Ruoso <leonardo.ru...@gmail.com> > I did bought a new usbserial, another brand, they didn't have the serial > tester at my local store, same thing. > > The serial printer works fine when connected to the serial port, but > doesn't work when connected to the usbserial. Now it's a Clone one... > > It has the bMaxPacketSize = 64 which I read indicates a PL2303X but my > kernel is 2.6.37... which should handle it oftb... > > I did read somewhere that you should click the palm sync button to make it > work... but I don't have anything like this... I think the printer will not > send anything through serial... just receive... > > > 2011/4/19 Leonardo Ruoso <leonardo.ru...@gmail.com> > >> 2011/4/19 Stan Hoeppner <s...@hardwarefreak.com> >> >>> Leonardo Ruoso put forth on 4/18/2011 10:02 PM: >>> >>> >> Have you confirmed the Prolific converter itself is working properly >>> and >>> >> not defective? >>> >> >>> > No, but I have no idea on how to achieve it... >>> >>> At this point it is clear that you need one of these: >>> >>> http://www.cooldrives.com/rsledlitedbm.html >>> >>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16899200013&Tpk=serial%20tester >>> >>> Always have a serial tester handy. They're cheap and can save you lots >>> of time. Not all USB<->serial adapters are created equally. Some work, >>> some don't. A tester will at least tell you if the problem is with the >>> cable adapter device or within your host software configuration. >>> >> >> Thanks... then it's for tomorrow... because it's almost 2 AM here... :-) >> >> >>> >>> -- >>> Stan >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Leonardo Ruoso - Jornalista/Desenvolvedor >> Assessoria de Imprensa. Consultoria de Marketing. Desenvolvimento e >> Integração de Software. >> Comunicação Social/Jornalismo - UFC/2006. Telecomunicações - ETFCE/1998. >> Foos, Perl, Debian Gnu/Linux, Agile, UML, DBA e OOP. Coaching/NLP. Inglês >> e Francês. >> http://leonardo.ruoso.com - http://www.linkedin.com/in/lruoso >> >> > > > -- > Leonardo Ruoso - Jornalista/Desenvolvedor > Assessoria de Imprensa. Consultoria de Marketing. Desenvolvimento e > Integração de Software. > Comunicação Social/Jornalismo - UFC/2006. Telecomunicações - ETFCE/1998. > Foos, Perl, Debian Gnu/Linux, Agile, UML, DBA e OOP. Coaching/NLP. Inglês e > Francês. > http://leonardo.ruoso.com - http://www.linkedin.com/in/lruoso > > -- Leonardo Ruoso - Jornalista/Desenvolvedor Assessoria de Imprensa. Consultoria de Marketing. Desenvolvimento e Integração de Software. Comunicação Social/Jornalismo - UFC/2006. Telecomunicações - ETFCE/1998. Foos, Perl, Debian Gnu/Linux, Agile, UML, DBA e OOP. Coaching/NLP. Inglês e Francês. http://leonardo.ruoso.com - http://www.linkedin.com/in/lruoso
