Debbie,
Firstly, apologies again re the RS232 info I passed - yes it was wrong
(inverted I think). Hopefully by now you have sorted out what really
happens.
Secondly,
What I was referring to with the Hyperterminal suggestion was driving the
camera using raw commands directly from the terminal. This will allow you
to determine the correct control sequences without having to worry about
the parity, stop & start bits etc. Once the control strings are correctly
determined, then you can move to a PIC or whatever to carry on to the next
phase.

Hyperterminal itself may not be the best for this but there are a number of
other similar programs available as freeware which enable you to send raw
characters/hex. I use one called "Terminal" but there are pleanty of others
around.
Richard P




 --- R Prosser <Richard.Prosser@POWERWARE.COM> wrote: > Debbie
> If you look at a RS232 line on a 'scope with conventional polarity (i.e.
> Positive = up) then :
> Start bit is always LOW
> Data are whatever you set them (High = 1, Low = 0) (I think) LSB is sent
> first.
> Parity is as set (same convention as data)
> Stop bit(s) are always HIGH

Aha, a clue! ....... OK will check that. ;|
> Idle is High.
>
> At least that's what's happening here,  today,  I think.
>
>
> Can you control the camera directly from hyperterminal or similar??

i have kodak's s/w 4 it - it's a windoze gui.
>
> Richard P
>


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