Quote Originally Posted by Jayrcr3 View Post
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I tried to get it to work, but couldn't get it operational with the serial port. Analog works fine. I ordered the RS-232 TTL converter. It was only $4 bucks, and if I can't get it working that way, I'll just use the analog inputs.

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Hmmm, that is a bummer...

do you have any output captured from the serial port (e.g. in a HyperTerm or PuTTY window after playing with speed/parity/stopbits)...?