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I've got a Towa 6600 with communication cable hooked up to a serial to USB converter and am having problems communicating. I keep getting a Communications Error: 5. Unable to communicatie message when I try to read something from the till. Before I make the call that I have a bad cable or converter I'd like some advice on the settings I use.
Com port settings:
Port 1
baud 9600
parity even
databits 8
stopbits 1
I'm using a laptop with windows 7 and have David's POWERPROM with the default administrator account and have checked that I set up a profile where the COM port settings match the ones above. Since I have never used an ET 6600 before I also have no idea what mode I should set it in. E.g X1, R, Z1, etc. Is this relevant?
David settings for et6600
baud = 9600
7bit
even parity
1 stop bit
till type = 6600
David settings for et6600
baud = 9600
7bit
even parity
1 stop bittill type = 6600
Thanks for the quick response. Unfortunately setting the COM to those settings hasn't helped. I've set them both in windows and in the command prompt with a mode com1 9600,e,7,1 command. After that I opened Powerprom with a new profile and set it to the above values. I don't know which exact version of the 6600 I have, so I tried all the profiles on it (V9, V10, flat, raised) with no response so far.
2 questions:
- Does it matter which position the user key is set to (P1, P2, L, R, etc)?
- Does it matter which Memory Fitted option I choose in Powerprom settings (as I dont know if the machine has had extra memory fitted)
Main flag settings for communication port 1 on the register are
flag 85 =53
flag 86 =100111
This will match port settings for David 9600, 7bit, even parity, 1stop bit
Key position is immaterial
Leave memory setting as standard, it could be changed later.
Error 5 doesn't signify much., except that the com port on david/pc is ok.
It is either a setting on till or cable issue
Main flag settings for communication port 1 on the register are
flag 85 =53
flag 86 =100111This will match port settings for David 9600, 7bit, even parity, 1stop bit
Key position is immaterial
Leave memory setting as standard, it could be changed later.Error 5 doesn't signify much., except that the com port on david/pc is ok.
It is either a setting on till or cable issue
Awesome, these flag settings are new info to me. How do I go about checking/inserting these settings on the till?
