robot giving me silent treatment

[trubleshtr]

Handshaking is to be short-ciruited.(on desktop only)
I still can't talk to this darn thing!
this is what I have so far. I agree I should only need 3 wires to do this.

controller pins
1 = sg
2= rxd
3= txd

PC pins (based on 25db connector from manual)
sg= 7
txd= 2
rxd = 3
rts = 4 (rts and cts are to be jumped together)
cts = 5
dsr = 6 (dsr/dtr/cd are to be jumped together)
dtr = 20
cd = 8
fg = 1

PC with 9 pin (com1 on my laptop) which I am using for this set-up.
sg = 5
txd=3
rxd=2
rts = 7
cts = 8
dsr = 6
dtr = 4
cd = 1

So I have built a cable as follows(9 pin)
coming out of my pc.
1/4/6 joined
7/8 joined
2 is rxd
3 is txd
5 is sg

Does this look right?

[trubleshtr]

here is drawing

[trubleshtr]

Sorry here is jpg. image

[Al_The_Man]

The connections you made are correct for the 9p D. This should send out data regardless of the robot end. You can also make a loop back test plug as per the other post/link to see if data is going out, it will appear as recieve data on your PC screen.
Al