John,

You need to make sure that the settings for your COM port agree with the
settings in the PK-232.  Specifically, check baud rate (probably matches or
you wouldn't get anything intelligible), stop bits, parity, and
handshake.  Also, make sure that local echo is turned off in Hyper
Terminal.  In the PK-232, that setting may be called Duplex, and you want
it set to Full.  If Local Echo is on or Duplex is set to Half, everything
you type will be sent to the PK-232 twice.  You'll probably have to do some
experimenting, but with a little patience I think you can make the two
devices talk to each other.  Good luck.

Steve

On Wednesday 6/11/03 18:01 John miller wrote:
>I don't know what settings to look at,  I basically left everything as it
>is, 8 stop bits, and all,  I know the baud is right but I'm wondering if I
>change programs if I'll have to do that again because it's just not working
>at all with the other program.  I don't know, thanks,  I'll keep playing
>with it when I have time.
>John Miller N1UMJ
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 4:56 PM
>Subject: Re: packet help
>
>
> > It has been a long time since I ran a 232.   I use to use commo.  If it is
> > saying what, I doubt if the baud rate uis wrong, or you wouldn't see
> > anything but garbage on the output.  Check stop bits, and also take a look
> > at cr plus linefeed settings.  Just been too long.
> > 73s
> > Butch Bussen
> > wa0vjr