Don, could you elaborate a bit more? When you are observing dropped commands from the ARC, I understand that your computer is still connected to your LEGACY base via a USB-serial cable. Is the Legacy System Utility program still running when the ARC playback seems to be interrupted? If yes, please try quitting LSU and try your ARC playback again.
thanks,
Rudy
This is to be expected. The transmit side from the computer is clashing with the transmit from the ARC. You have two RS-232 transmitters both trying to drive the receive line of the command base.
Simple solution, unplug the computer connection.
That's what I thought. I think the computer / keyspan periodically sends a signal even when the utility is not running. It's not a big deal to leave the USB cable unplugged.
However, these are the types of problems that can drive you crazy when you don't know the source.
I did not - it's not a Y cable. Pin outs are different on the one end. I think they say to use the black cable because the keyspan converter won't plug directly into the legacy base because of the lugs. I used a straight Y cable. The problem is hard to detect because most commands go through.
