Quote Originally Posted by kluppy View Post
do i need to have xon/xoff enabled?? in case you guys haven't picked up on it i'm a bit of a novice with this stuff. if you can recommend what settings i should be using i'm more then happy to listen.
Kluppy,
Just use the cable configuration exactly as suggested by Dave in Post #2. For Xon Xoff handshaking you only need to have the hardware pins at the machine end bridged to keep the machine's uart happy. Make sure you have the machine control parameter set to use DC1 to DC4 characters (software handshake characters).

Post the error that you're getting when sending data to the machine; it will be easier to help you if we know what the problem is.

Regards,

Bill