I did bought a new usbserial, another brand, they didn't have the serial tester at my local store, same thing.The serial printer works fine when connected to the serial port, but doesn't work when connected to the usbserial. Now it's a Clone one...It has the bMaxPacketSize = 64 which I read indicates a PL2303X but my kernel is 2.6.37... which should handle it oftb...I did read somewhere that you should click the palm sync button to make it work... but I don't have anything like this... I think the printer will not send anything through serial... just receive...
2011/4/19 Leonardo Ruoso <leonardo.ruoso@gmail.com>2011/4/19 Stan Hoeppner <stan@hardwarefreak.com>Leonardo Ruoso put forth on 4/18/2011 10:02 PM:
At this point it is clear that you need one of these:
>> Have you confirmed the Prolific converter itself is working properly and
>> not defective?
>>
> No, but I have no idea on how to achieve it...
http://www.cooldrives.com/rsledlitedbm.html
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16899200013&Tpk=serial%20tester
Always have a serial tester handy. They're cheap and can save you lots
of time. Not all USB<->serial adapters are created equally. Some work,
some don't. A tester will at least tell you if the problem is with the
cable adapter device or within your host software configuration.Thanks... then it's for tomorrow... because it's almost 2 AM here... :-)
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Stan
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--Leonardo Ruoso - Jornalista/DesenvolvedorAssessoria de Imprensa. Consultoria de Marketing. Desenvolvimento e Integração de Software.Comunicação Social/Jornalismo - UFC/2006. Telecomunicações - ETFCE/1998.Foos, Perl, Debian Gnu/Linux, Agile, UML, DBA e OOP. Coaching/NLP. Inglês e Francês.