Tom's being getting rather annoyed at not being able to download data off the magic PAT machine. Mainly because the RS232 lead it uses isn't standard.
To save yourself hours of frustration, should you want to make one... he's suggested I put how on this here blog...
How to build a data cable for a Robin Smart PAT 5000.
Obtain one male and one female 9-pin D-sub connectors and a suitable length of RS-232 2 pair cable.
Wire it like this:
PAT tester end (male) --> Computer end (female)
2 --> 4, 6, 8
3 --> 2
5 --> 5Hey presto, it works.
I hope it helps somebody!
It'll probably help TEC when they loose the cable!!
Posted by: Kate on April 22, 2005 6:27 PMThat's unfair. We just creatively file certain items.
Posted by: Al on April 22, 2005 9:57 PMIt was basically the one i sent to Tom then...
If you need a 9pin to 25pin cable it's as follows
25pin end -> 9pin end
5,6,20 -> 2
3->3
7->5
Many thanks for your info on wiring the Robin PAT tester cable. A couple of days ago I tried to download the data to my computer, only to find the cable had been pulled at some time, detaching ALL the wires, completely, from the computer end! No clue was left as to how they should be re-connected - all the connector pins had been soldered at some time. You will know the Robin site offers nothing, and I couldn't fathom out what the answer was by looking at the other end - not at all what I was expecting! As a last resort I tried Google - "Robin PAT data cable" - and in rode the bloged cavalry over the hill!
Alas, the euphoria was short lived. We connected up the loose end as described, using a most unsuitable connecting block, and tried again. No joy. No matter what permutations we tried, we could not get the Robin to send. As a(nother) last resort, we decided to make the cable connections to the cable permanent, only to discover a hair-line crack in the solder at the other end. So we fixed it. And then? It worked!!
Joy at last - but what a weird wiring setup, is it not? I don't know where our cable came from - I assumed Robin - but I certainly wouldn't expect to find a screen connected to a signal line (pin 2). Never mind - it works.
Thanks again
John Gwilliam
IT Manager
Shawcross and Dickinson Ltd
0151 482 6262
Hello,
thanks for the cable info, for anyone else looking at this, i made up a cable as above but pat tester pin 2 only needs to connect to pin 4 (instead of 4,6 & 8), and it works fine on my smartpat 5000.
Also if you want to download from the tester you can use hyperterminal, just set it to 9600 baud, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit and no parity, hardware flow control and it all works fine. for slow speed mode choose 1200 baud.
Mike
Posted by: Mike Dearman on May 25, 2007 8:48 PMDOES ANY KNOW HOW TO WIRE UP COLOURS ON CABLE,AS NOT SURE.THANKS
Posted by: drew on October 21, 2007 9:19 PMAnyone know anything about downloading from the Robin Smartpat5000 through a serial port to usb converter and using a barcode reader using the same converter?
Posted by: gerry1000 on November 1, 2007 5:03 PMHi,
Thanks for the info but totally new to cable wiring etc so could do with some really basic "wiring a cable for dummies" sort of guide. I have a smartpat 5000 and my laptop has two serial ports(15 pins and 25 pins)..one is for a monitor and one for the printer. I'm assuming that one of these will work but need all round help on what cable i need etc.
Any help is much appreciated.
Thanks
Dave
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