problem connection with ambit 250 with max232

[andytx]

look at your Modem LEDs, if is it on for seconds and off, which mean it bricked, cant use serial port to fix,, I have Webstar and it bricked now, finding a way to fix it back

[biddy79uk]

I'm sick of getting these daft friggin characters in Hyperterminal....
With " MY " experience i know its a bad connection / dry joint !

But i can honestly say i'v tried everything except another Max232 which i'm going to do tomorrow to try and solve this problem

Just thought i'd post this before i went to kip LOL

[Dazza2008]

Originally Posted by biddy79uk

I'm sick of getting these daft friggin characters in Hyperterminal....
With " MY " experience i know its a bad connection / dry joint !

But i can honestly say i'v tried everything except another Max232 which i'm going to do tomorrow to try and solve this problem

Just thought i'd post this before i went to kip LOL

i had the same problem a good while ago.

but hey you could still flash it right?

thought it was funny realy, i not that long ago tried hitting the P myself and had a lot of late nights trying it turns out it was the lead i recon coz when i shot one of my other max232's on it worked first go..

let me know what it was i recon the lead bud

[G77]

putty does the job when you get this prob

[biddy79uk]

Originally Posted by G77

putty does the job when you get this prob

Sorry i should of mentioned i tried putty after using Hyper G77 matey...
Anyway i'v gota lend of a USB thingy haha i call it this cos i'v never seen one of these USB MAX232's before LOL and i cant get ANY driver at all to work propperly,
Not even the driver i was given with the USB....

Now i used to use a USB Serial Converter with no problem before but i ripped the lead apart to re-wire it for a motorola and now i cant get it back together and have no wire anywhere to make another & my soldering skills are below average so thats no good ???

Cheers G77

[G77]

cant you just carry on and hit the keys regardless of what comes up on screen?

i've done this with quite a few and it hasnt bricked and flashed fine.

[biddy79uk]

Thats what i did do mate
but when i got to the stage where i had to press " D " to flash the modem
It doesnt flash (ie) ............... get those dots
it just pops up straight onto the next event ?

I will get this done G77 mate just a matter of time LOL

cheers bra

[biddy79uk]

Sorted it now G77 mate
It was the joinings in the max232 to the modem....bad joints mate

but sorted now