In a message dated 3/31/04 7:52:32 AM Central Standard Time, jima at beer.tclug.org writes: << On Tue, 30 Mar 2004, Karl Bongers wrote: > A good sanity check to do is to short pins 2 & 3(tx & rx) together, > then tap some keys on the terminal program. Assuming no hardware flow > control, you should see chars loop back around to your screen. > This will tell you if you have the right port, if it is working, > if your cable is ok. >> A good insanity check to do is to short the line cord black and white wires (Line and Neutral) together. Assuming no hardware flow control (circuit breaker, fuse or GFCI) you should see sparks flying around. This will tell you if you have your Cisco unit plugged in. _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list