[emu71] - about :HDRIVE1

[J-F Garnier]

(03-29-2015 06:22 PM)MattiMark Wrote:  Answer 2 continued: I can see an USB to serial converter using the FTDI driver. But it doesn´t indicate PIL-BOX.

When I try to run 'both' IL-PER and PIL-BOX using the same port number, I get an error: COM port not available.

Oh what a mystery.

Here are my suggestions to check the PIL-Box/ILPer operation:
1. connect the PIL-Box to the PC USB (without ILPer running) and to the HP-71B
2. do RESTORE IO on the HP-71B
3. if there is an error, then the HP-IL cables are not connected correctly
4. launch ILPer and select the right COM port in the list (it is usually the last COM port number)
5. select the 115kps speed (unless you changed the jumper in the PIL-Box),
6. Press [START]
7. if there is still a message error relative to the COM port, retry with a different COM port from the list.
8. when there is no more COM port error, enable the scope window in ILPer
9. do RESTORE IO again on the HP-71B
10. you shoud see: "IFC AAU AAD 01" in the scope windows.

J-F