Need Help!- swi trak cnc2 com port, no communication

[nick02895]

Issue: No communications between pc and trak cnc2.
Facts:
Communications was working on last pc, 1 week ago.
Pc died, os was windows 95
New pc, os now windows 2000.
Hd was ok, copied files to new pc.
Offline.exe works on new pc.
Cabling the same 25 pin at trak to 25pin->9pin serial at pc.
I did find some com port settings in a file that suggested it runs at 1200 baud,8 bit with parity. I'm pretty sure I was able to set this up using the mode command at the dos prompt, then started offline and tested with no success.
Actual error message:
Write fault error writing device com1
Abort, Retry, Ignore, Fail?
I also tried com2


Nick

[nick02895]

Found the following commands in various files off the old hd.
mode com1:12,n,8,1,p
mode com1:9600,n,8,1,x
Tried both with no success. starting to think com is ng, need a simple test for com port. Anyone have one??????
Status for com1 after setting as above, all didn't work.

Baud: 1200
Parity:none
data bits:8
stop bits:1
time out: off
xOn/xOff: off
CTS handshaking: on
DSR handshaking: on
DSR sensitivity: off
DTR circuit: handshake
RTS:circuit: handshake

Baud: 9600
Parity: none
data bits: 8
stop bits: 1
time out: off
xOn/xOff: on
CTS handshaking: off
DSR handshaking: off
DSR sensitivity: off
DTR circuit: on
RTS:circuit: on

Another com1 config tried.
Baud: 1200
Parity: even
data bits: 8
stop bits: 1
time out: off
xOn/xOff: off
CTS handshaking: off
DSR handshaking: off
DSR sensitivity: off
DTR circuit: on
RTS:circuit: on

[nick02895]

Ok, I eliminated the hardware as an issue. I used a laptop with the offline.exe software and all the configurations listed and still not working. The laptop's com1 is known to work.

Still looking for suggestions, please.
Nick