Your serial port can be to fast to answer when the
module send a request.
If you have a compaq laptop then you can go
to www.compaq.com and download
a
serial slowdown fix from there.
----- Original Message -----From: peepeec2000Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 1:55 PMSubject: [DTXpress] Re: Compaq Laptop to Host connection
--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "shuman_jr" <jimshuman@m...> wrote:
>
>
> I have a older desktop (tower) PC that connects to my DTxpress I
to
> serially control my drum brain set at PC-2 connection. Everything
> works good with this setup. The problem is I want to connect my
> laptop in the same configuration, but my drum brain always gives
me
> an error: ERROR HOST IS OFFLINE. I'm fairly knowlegeable about
PCs,
> so after playing with BIOS, DRIVERS, SETTINGS, it still won't see
my
> laptop. So after giving up I hooked my desktop back up, turned on
my
> desktop, turned on the DTXpress right after, and it worked without
> error before the PC even got through the BIOS boot. Does this
tell
> me that it is a voltage or line level that the brain is triggering
> off of? The serial port in my laptop does work, (I have pinged),
and
> the ports should be universal (pinouts) with one another,
correct?
> Thanks. Shuman
Hi there: I was wondering if you had worked out any solution to this
problem on your own ?
I too have an older desktop that works fine as a host computer, had
an older Toshiba laptop that worked too until the serial port died
(won't work at all on any applications). I now have a newer Sony
laptop (exact OS- xp pro, same serial drivers as the desktop, same
settings for port etc.) which gives the same error ( Error Host is
Offline ) I did notice that the system bios seems to be fine with
the unit as it will sit in a ready state during this portion of the
boot sequence. It seems to be only during the OS portion of the boot
sequence (ie: after the first Win XP window has been displayed),
that the error message comes up. I tried creating another harware
profile on the laptop with everything except the serial port
disabled but no luck, hope you might help ?
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