no comms to controller

[79porsche924]

I followed the directions under the software section of the site with my laptop and with my desktop and i keep getting the same responce with both. i have had some computer guy look at it and they say it should be reading but its not, all it says is could not connect to controller!!! can some one help please.

[MartinM]

Are you macBdog from the other posts?

Well, you could search the forum for the same problem - it occurs a lot to start with for some people and many fault finding/diagnostic help has been offered in past posts

But you may have a simple problem, but we need more details....
- Same response - but what is the response? We can't guess!
- Real serial port or USB port?
- What sort of cable are you using?
- Did you build the MJLJ?
- etc etc

Plus, have a look at
http://picasso.org/mjlj/?q=node/560
http://picasso.org/mjlj/?q=node/633

Report back and we'll help more.....

[79porsche924]

the responce i get is "could not connect with controller"
usb to serial--- its reading my cable its com port 4 set to 4800,8,none,1,none
no i did not build it brent did
i tried the hyperterminal but i got no responce
so i dont know where to go or what to do i dont even know if i did the hyperterminal right inst were not real discriptive

[79porsche924]

sorry my own stupidity i figured it out thanks. for the help guys.

[MartinM]

Let us know - it might help the next guy. No laughter - honest!

[79porsche924]

i read the pin out wrong for the wiring on the schematic i read it as if i was looking at the unit the - being top left and + being btm left verse top right and btm right