At the moment, nothing is happening - I don't even have text appearing in the console window. I double checked the documentation for both programs and can't find anything about triggering communication - I should be able to send commands as soon as the connection is initialized.
Your right about Cisco routers having they're own OS etc. However, it's present on all three routers. I'm receiving the usual info dump at start up:
QUOTE
System Bootstrap, Version 11.0(10c), SOFTWARE
Copyright © 1986-1996 by cisco Systems
2500 processor with 2048 Kbytes of main memory
ÿ
%SYS-4-CONFIG_NEWER: Configurations from version 11.1 may not be correctly under
stood.
F3: 3832048+95972+196092 at 0x3000060
Restricted Rights Legend
Use, duplication, or disclosure by the Government is
subject to restrictions as set forth in subparagraph
© of the Commercial Computer Software - Restricted
Rights clause at FAR sec. 52.227-19 and subparagraph
© (1) (ii) of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer
Software clause at DFARS sec. 252.227-7013.
cisco Systems, Inc.
170 West Tasman Drive
San Jose, California 95134-1706
Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software
IOS ™ 3000 Software (IGS-I-L), Version 11.1(24), RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Copyright © 1986-1999 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Mon 04-Jan-99 19:00 by richv
Image text-base: 0x030206C0, data-base: 0x00001000
cisco 2500 (68030) processor (revision N) with 2048K/2048K bytes of memory.
Processor board ID 08340061, with hardware revision 00000001
Bridging software.
X.25 software, Version 2.0, NET2, BFE and GOSIP compliant.
Basic Rate ISDN software, Version 1.0.
1 Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interface.
2 Serial network interfaces.
1 ISDN Basic Rate interface.
32K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.
4096K bytes of processor board System flash (Read ONLY)
Press RETURN to get started!
%LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface BRI0, changed state to up
%LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Ethernet0, changed state to up
%LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Serial0, changed state to down
%LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Serial1, changed state to down
%LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface BRI0, changed state to down
%LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Ethernet0, changed state to down
%LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Serial0, changed state to down
%LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Serial1, changed state to down
%LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface BRI0, changed state to administratively down
%SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from memory by console
%SYS-5-RESTART: Syst
Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software
IOS ™ 3000 Software (IGS-I-L), Version 11.1(24), RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Copyright © 1986-1999 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Mon 04-Jan-99 19:00 by richv
%LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface Serial0, changed state to administratively down
%LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface Serial1, changed state to administratively down
System Bootstrap, Version 11.0(10c), SOFTWARE
Copyright © 1986-1996 by cisco Systems
2500 processor with 14336 Kbytes of main memory
ÿ
Notice: NVRAM invalid, possibly due to write erase.
F3: 7898500+123620+589764 at 0x3000060
ÿ
Restricted Rights Legend
Use, duplication, or disclosure by the Government is
subject to restrictions as set forth in subparagraph
© of the Commercial Computer Software - Restricted
Rights clause at FAR sec. 52.227-19 and subparagraph
© (1) (ii) of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer
Software clause at DFARS sec. 252.227-7013.
cisco Systems, Inc.
170 West Tasman Drive
170 West Tasman Drive
Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software
IOS ™ 2500 Software (C2500-I-L), Version 12.1(16), RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Copyright © 1986-2002 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Tue 09-Jul-02 02:14 by kellythw
Image text-base: 0x03041EF0, data-base: 0x00001000
cisco 2500 (68030) processor (revision L) with 14336K/2048K bytes of memory.
Processor board ID 06060519, with hardware revision 00000000
Bridging software.
X.25 software, Version 3.0.0.
Basic Rate ISDN software, Version 1.1.
1 Token Ring/IEEE 802.5 interface(s)
2 Serial network interface(s)
1 ISDN Basic Rate interface(s)
32K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.
8192K bytes of processor board System flash (Read ONLY)
--- System Configuration Dialog ---
Would you like to enter the initial configuration dialog? [yes/no]:
The above is the startup info from my 2504 (apologies for the ridiculous length of that quote
). I can't see anything here to indicate that it's a problem with the router - IOS is in place and it's recognizing all of the interfaces. There's no startup config because the NVRAM has been write erased, but that shouldn't have an impact on connecting through the console port.
This post has been edited by numeric: 23 Jun, 2009 - 04:15 AM
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). The fact that it happens on all three routers makes me think of a problem with either the cable or the terminal emulator being used, but I can receive data on the cable and the problem occurs in two different emulators so I'm lost. 
. I've tried adjusting the COM settings in device manager and updating the drivers for the port itself but no joy. There's no IRQ conflict either so I'm tempted to say it's a problem with the port itself. Will try uninstalling/reinstalling the driver, but apart from that the only other options I can think of are to buy a USB/DB9 adapter or another serial card.
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