>It's me again,
>I'm recieving data right enough, but it is jiberish. You know, little squares and things that look like funny Qs and such. The Hyper terminal in Win95 takes the same data and prints real letters.
>>Well here's how I do it....
>>Settings= {whatever you need - im using} 9600, n, 8, 1
You may need to change these settings -------^---^--^--^
to accomodate the device you are reading from. I would start by changing the number of bits to 7 (from 8).
HTH,
Paul M.
Paul M.
MCSE/MCSA/MCT/MCP+I, A+, Network+, I-Net+
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