RE: Wrong cable for 5110?

[Christian Hack]

> > In that case go to Dick Smith Electronics, they have catalog number
> > E2211 which is quite expensive (that may be an OEM model), however,
> > I picked mine up in a "$5 specials" bin at DSE in Sydney - mine is
> > DSE's brand though.
> > 
> > Hopefully you'll have similar luck - at least I can say the DSE one
> > works perfectly!
> 
> The problem is that I don't know where the problem is - it's entirely
> possible that the cable is fine, and either the serial port 
> or the phone
> is at fault.  I'd rather not buy a "quite expensive" cable if 
> the one I
> have is actually fine!
> 
> I was thinking that if I could bring the phone and cable 
> over, we could
> try swapping various bits just to isolate the problem.  The phone and
> cable are still under warranty, while the computer isn't, but I don't
> know which component is causing the problem.
> 
> > FYI, my SMS machine is SuSE 8.2
> 
> Nice to narrow down one more possible avaenue of error!
> 

Can you try using something like Logomanager on a windoze machine? The
demo will be enough to let you know if the cable/phone are working.

CH