On November 22, 2010 at 16:38, Gman-north said...
Ok so you now know that the processor commands are working fine. Next move to checking your cable connections. Do you have a serial end that you can make up with a piece of cat 5?
No, I have a handful of RJ45-DB9 connectors, I have used my toner/tester to tone out each pin and confrim that they are good.
I was half tempted to try just pushing bare wires into the serial jack on the avr.