5890 to ChromPerfect RS-232

[mahona]

Hi. I have a 5890 Series II Plus that I am trying to connect to chromperfect. The HP-IB/RS-232 interface kit (HP19257A) from Alpha Omega has been installed on the GC. I have a 25pin to 9pin cable run from GC to the PC. I have configured the GC on chemstation multiple times and restarted everything in many orders to try to get things to communicate but I only get an 'offline' signal on the chromperfect acquisition program. I ran test 4 on the GC and it said its RS-232 and the baud rate was 19200. I tried running test 6 (RS-232 Communication Test) but it just sat there for a looooong time and only displayed dashes. Can someone point me in the right direction on how to get this thing communicating??

Thanks.

[Csaba]

Hi, Are you shure you have the correct 25pin to 9pin cable? I should try to insert a modem RS232 cable and see if it helps.

[mahona]

Yes, that worked. Thank you.