serial communication question (resolve)

hello gurus vb expert

is it possible to display the result im sending
in serial port communication even if my PC is not connected
to the hardware im sending into?
:)

Help! i want to test my code if im sending the right info but the equipment that i want to test havent arrived yet and i have a deadline.:eek:

Link pins 2 and 3 on your serial port and what comes back into your receive buffer is exactly what you sent. Print it using debug.print.

thanks for the quick reply David:bigyello:

can u explain it further im a little bit slow here...

what do u mean by link 2 and 3 on my serial port?
How do i do that? please reply:blush:

I think David is refering to a quick and dirty null modem. Look here
kevin

hi kevin thanks for the reply

:bigyello:

okie i hope i understand it right...

i have to connect 2 pins 2 and 3 like the picture attached


can i use wires to connect this pin?:blush:

here is the attached file

Hope anyone could help!!

Yes, as you are using a 25 way serial port though you should be able to poke a wire into pins 2 and 3 to make the link. If you were using a 9 way serial port, you would have to try linking two pins - not good. You would need to get a female "D" connector and make the link on that.

okie thanks David ill try to do that.:thumb: