Gday Carlton
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Firmware version number is: 31Ee
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That is pretty old.
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I believe it should be the first two terminals on the left.
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That sounds correct
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I used a small flat blade screw driver to cross connect the terminals
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Dont understand how you can do that, as there are insulating plates between the contacts. I normally just use a bent piece of copper hookup wire ( like a strand from Cat6 wiring or the like. )
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not sure how else to do it
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You can also short 2 of the pins in the DB9 converter with a short piece of wire. Pins 2 and 3 in the DB9 are the Tx and Rx
If that works, then you probably have a suspect cable ( as you are right, Meade made a lot of dud cables )
If it doesnt work, then the converter may be faulty.
Just a process of elimination.
If you have a multimeter, you can easily check the continuity of the cable to see if it is wired correctly.
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wonder if we might be able to speak in real time, via Skype
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I dont have skype or anything like it. Im still on a crappy ADSL ( 2.8kms from exchange ) so anything real time is not functional.
Andrew