Serial Port State - "Signal Connected" is flickering

[msoultan]

I just finished building the serial interface and I can't tell whether it's really working or not. When I connect everything and set the COM port (in v6) it will flicker "Signal Connected" If I go to calibrate, it will start bouncing just the channel 1 & 2 bars around. It's really wierd. This happens with both COM ports.

I also tried connecting the ground and pin6 together in the DIN6 and that didn't helpeither. I built the circuit based on the design in the manual.

Any ideas why it would be doing this? This is on a Win98SE machine with a Futaba 8USuper remote set to PPM.

Thanks,
Mike

[Mike Roberts]

Mike

The channels bouncing around suggest that something is getting through. I have put some troubleshooting and more detailed setup notes on my website. Try these and see if they help.

Cheers

Mike