Hi Lyle, I might have just what you need, for Pocket PC or I have some Casio PV-S400+ units that also do the same. The Pocket PC version is customizable. Contact me at Sales@FlowPerformance.com if you are interested. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hazelwood Lyle" To: Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 8:29 AM Subject: [EE]: Handheld serial terminal advice needed > re-post. The first seems to have slipped through the net. > > I hope EE is a workable designation. > > I own a Cybiko and keep it loaded with the serial terminal program. > I learned about all of that from this list. > > I have loaned it to our I.T. person, and now she wants her own. We have > a lot of equipment that uses LF terminated ASCII commands between > equipment. (Yeah, old school, but easy to troubleshoot!) > > I'd rather offer her an upgrade, the original Cybiko has battery > problems, > and often drops characters from the serial port. I looked for a newer > model, > but the next in series has moved to USB for comms. The serial port is > obviously necessary for our application. > > I'm thinking that some kind of handheld unit would work. I have no > experience > with Palm or other devices, I don't even know if any still have RS232 > serial > ports. > > Yes, I'll do the research, I'm looking now. But I thought that someone > here > might know of a solution that has worked for them. I'd appreciate any > opinions on the subject, either on or off-list as you prefer. > > This might be the "opportunity window" for buying a device like this, > before > RS-232 becomes just a historic footnote. > > Thanks, > Lyle > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist