[NTLK] Trouble with the ftdi chipset cable

[Rufus Kohn]

Thanks Pavel,

That will be my solution.
The other cable I will try to rewire and use as a spare.


Rufus Kohn



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> Op 30 apr. 2019 om 22:18 heeft Piotrowski Paweł (Newton) <newton at indigi.co.uk> het volgende geschreven:
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>> On 29 Apr 2019, at 19:05, Rufus Kohn <rufuskohn at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Hi newtontalk,
>> 
>> I want to conect nu Newtons to OS X 10.14
>> using NCX 3.0 . NCX sees the cable in the settings. When attaching the
>> cable to the eMate300 I open Dock and connect via serial. After a while
>> Ithe eMate timeouts with the message " The connection attempt was
>> unsuccesful. Please check cable.
>> 
>> The cable Is new via Amazon and around 17€.
>> 
>> Does anyone see if I am making an error?
>> Should I order a new cable?
>> 
>> Thanks in advance for any tips
> 
> Hi Rufus,
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> I think the cable is the problem (internal connections - wrong pins).
> 
> What I can say is that I bought that cable: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00QUZY4L0/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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> And I’m using this cable with normal RS232 to 8-pin cable. And NCX working fine on my computers with High Sierra (I’m not using Mojave), but I think on Mojave will be also fine.
> 
> I highly recommend exactly that cable from UGREEN. This is good and not expensive cable.
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> 
> Best regards,
> Pawel Piotrowski
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