[NTLK] 2010 issues

[Beale Michael]

Dear Forrest,

Thanks very much for your help.   I will have a go later today  at putting in the line of text and see how things go and keep you posted.

Have a great day.

Regards

Mike


On Jun 30, 2010, at 2:10 AM, Forrest Buffenmyer wrote:

> 
> 
> Thanks for your reply with the code to insert in terminal. I copied the line of code into terminal and unfortunately now I cannot communicate with the Newton at any speed. Is it possible there is another error than the gap which you identified earlier?
> 
> 
> Michael:
> 
> No, you should be able to still use any speed...it just adds 115200 to the drop-down menu of choices.
> 
> As a side note: If you found NSX on UNNA there should have been several other packages with it...one is ser115200. It'd be a good idea to install all of them (there are 5 total)...they're small and don't take up much room, and could come in handy at some point, once you can connect again.
> 
> You can also find NCX at Simon Bell's homepage: http://homepage.mac.com/simonbell/connection/  
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> As to the connection issue..try another bps speed, like 9600. In fact, to install the ser115200 package you'll have to use the default, which is 9600. So...
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> defaults write com.newton.connection BaudRate -int9600      entered into Terminal...to connect (test). Then, install ser115200 on the Newt (if you haven't already) and substitute 115200 in the Terminal listing and see if that works.
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> I went back to my last email to you containing that line listing...and I did see a space between "-int" and "115200", which shouldn't be there. I have since rewritten that line on another post-it note CAREFULLY EMPHASIZING the LACK of such spaces so as to avoid such confusion in the future. (Geez....)
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> Sorry AGAIN for any ADDITIONAL confusion.
> 
> Thanks,
> --Forrest
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