Kam Plus/Pacterm Problem

[Charles W. Morehouse]

Hi John,
One suggestion....dump windows and microshaft. Working on converting to
Linux
Luck and 73's.
Wayne;
W4GBW

John Adkins wrote:

> >>>>I have a Kam Plus TNC which is about 7 yrs old,
> but I have the current (8.2) EPROM installed.  The
> device
> works fine with the old DOS version of Pacterm that
> came with it.  I recently downloaded demo version the
> newest Windows Pacterm package.  When I load the new
> Pacterm, the program doesn't see the TNC.  No cmd:
> prompt--nothing.  I did a hard reset of the TNC, and
> it still didn't work with the new program.  I have
> tried it several times with the old DOS version, and
> the program does work with the TNC.  The Pacterm folks
> suggested that I try Hyperterm and see if Windows
> "sees" the TNC.  No joy.
> I went thru the IRQ's, and I don't find any conflicts.
>
> Any suggestions about how to make this thing work?
>
> >>>Bill Leahy wrote
> MAKE sure the port assignments line up (com1, etc)b
>
> COM1 is used only for the TNC
>
> >>>Bryan wrote
> What COM port is the TNC connected to? In Device
> manager does the COM port exist without ! Or X marks?
> And of course, what version of Windows are you
> running...
> Need more input!
>
> As above--using COM1 for the TNC.  This is the only
> device connected to COM1, and it is configured to
> COM1.  All the ports in device manager are clear,
> without !, X, other notations.  Using Win 98.  The
> "About" screen has no indication of the edition, so I
> guess it is early.
>
> Interesting with this is that the DOS version DOES
> work with the TNC.  Of course, with DOS, the program
> directly controls the COM port.  The Windows version
> of  Pacterm, and Hyperterminal, both of which go thru
> Windows to the COM port, do not see the TNC.  I guess
> I need to contact Kantronics.
>
> John
> w4kv
>
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