[onerng talk] OneRNG and Windows

[Paul Campbell]

On Friday, 2 June 2017 6:32:34 AM NZST Gerry wrote:
> I recently received my OneRNG External and I hope someone can help with my
> problem.
> 
> I have installed the device on a USB port and installed the driver.  I ran
> RealTerm (terminal emulator software) and can send commands
> successfully.  I can start the device (LED dims), capture the random
> numbers output, and stop the device (LED brightens) without any problem.
> 
> Now my Windows program creates a virtual com port and sends the start
> command.  According to Portmon, I can see that the command was sent
> successfully.  Verified command in both ascii and hex, but the device will
> not turn on.

I don't have much windows experience - but things to check:

- turn off software and hardware flow control on the port
- make sure the device is in the windows equivalent to 'raw' mode - no echo, 
no treating characters specially (no ^C, no processing of end of lines, ^Z etc 
etc)

	Paul