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[Solved] TI-83 Plus - serious connectivity problem?
« on: November 08, 2011, 06:54:45 am »
Previously, I had TI-82 Stats.fr which is actually TI-83 Plus limited to basic TI-83 software, without flash support, etc...

The cable I made - parallel link, with cut-off original calc-to-calc cable - was working perfectly with it.

Then I got TI-83 Plus. The cable was too short, but calc was detected.
So I decided to extend cable. I didn't do anything except extending wires. I double checked all connections, diodes, resistors and everything was OK. But still, ever since I plugged that into calc and PC, there's nothing I can do to connect to calc via parallel link.
I tried reverting to original short cable, replaced diodes, replaced resistors, checked everything but nothing helps.

Interestingly, W32tran8x detects cable, and when I short the cable itself, it reports "Short circuit in cable or calc connected". But when I plug calc in, nothing happens and it doesn't show short circuit warning.
(Update) Of course I use TiLP to work with calc, but w32tran8x gives me this cable check feature.

So what's wrong? Is it possible that something inside calc is burned, and what?

P.S. I also ordered USB connectivity kit from eBay and I'm waiting for that to arrive.
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Re: TI-83 Plus - serious connectivity problem?
« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2011, 06:57:17 am »
What is w32tran8x? Use TiLP
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Re: TI-83 Plus - serious connectivity problem?
« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2011, 07:13:53 am »
What is w32tran8x? Use TiLP

Of course I use TiLP. I just use w32tran to check the cable. So do you have any idea what's the problem?

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Re: TI-83 Plus - serious connectivity problem?
« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2011, 07:14:47 am »
Nope , can you still turn your calc on/off?
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Re: TI-83 Plus - serious connectivity problem?
« Reply #4 on: November 08, 2011, 07:21:24 am »
Yes, calculator works perfectly except that I can't connect to PC. As I said, when I short circuit cable, it reports short circuit but when calc is plugged it, it's not detected neither by TiLP or W32Tran8x...

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Re: TI-83 Plus - serious connectivity problem?
« Reply #5 on: November 09, 2011, 08:35:26 am »
Anyone with some idea?

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Re: TI-83 Plus - serious connectivity problem?
« Reply #6 on: November 09, 2011, 11:49:59 am »
If you had more than one calc, you could try connecting it to each other.


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Re: TI-83 Plus - serious connectivity problem?
« Reply #7 on: November 18, 2011, 03:51:26 pm »
Looks like parallel port is faulty, I got silver USB link today and everything works fine.

(Thanks to admins for lock thread ability, I got used to it being moderator on other forum :P )
« Last Edit: November 18, 2011, 03:52:31 pm by Blagus »