When designing 3 wire EIA232 devices that don't need handshaking, I just
connect RTS to CTS and DTR to DSR. That SEEMS to solve many problems
(though Hyperterminal continues to have various problems). I've seen
Hyperterminal throw a bunch of garbage on the screen with no handshake
9600bps 8N1 data over a COMM port (not even USB to 232). If I run Tera
Term, it works great!

Harold


>> The hardware handshaking is likely a requirement of your
>> hardware, not of
>> Hyperterm. [That's not to defend Hyperterm, which in my
>> experience is about
>> as reliable and easy to work with as a politician.]
>
> I agree on Hyperterem and/or the politicians, but it is unlikely that
> requiring the handshake (if that is the case) is just caused by the
> hardware: I use the same hardware without any hardware handshake (just 3
> wires, GND, TxD, TxD).
>
> Wouter van Ooijen
>


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