Hi folks,
I was trying to connect to the mk2 player via my serial port to upgrade it, but I cant seem to connect (have never been able to via the serial port). When I turned logging on, I got the following log message. I tried it from a Windoze 2000 and a windoze 98 machine. Same exact thing. Any help would be appreciated.

Tue 23 Apr 2002 21:10:47.208 Logfile opened
21:10:47.529 protocolclient.cpp(873) : I [02e0] ProtocolClient::IsUnitConnected()
21:10:47.529 packets.cpp(49) : I [02e0] NEW request
21:10:47.529 packets.cpp(140) : I [02e0] Request::Ping
21:10:47.529 packets.cpp(1061) : I [02e0] FLUSH

21:10:47.739 connection_win32.cpp(314) : I [02e0] SerialConnection::FillBuffer: leaving without reading anything.
21:10:47.739 packets.cpp(99) : I [02e0] Sending response.
21:10:47.739 packets.cpp(106) : I [02e0] Sending packet with id=53
21:10:47.739 packets.cpp(688) : I [02e0] Request::WaitForReply(header_return=0012EEEC, packet_id=53)

21:10:47.739 packets.cpp(699) : I [02e0] WaitForReply loop

21:10:47.739 packets.cpp(701) : I [02e0] Waiting for reply with id 53 and timeout 2

21:10:47.739 packets.cpp(827) : I [02e0] Request::Receive(h = 0012ED30, timeout=2)
21:10:47.739 packets.cpp(840) : I [02e0] Trying to receive bytes.

21:10:47.739 packets.cpp(851) : I [02e0] Got 1 bytes from connection->Receive
21:10:47.739 packets.cpp(954) : I [02e0] Got a PSOH
21:10:47.739 packets.cpp(840) : I [02e0] Trying to receive bytes.

21:10:47.739 packets.cpp(851) : I [02e0] Got 10 bytes from connection->Receive
21:10:47.739 packets.cpp(998) : I [02e0] Got packet length: 0 bytes.

21:10:47.739 packets.cpp(1018) : I [02e0] We've read all the data we were expecting, reading CRC.

21:10:47.739 packets.cpp(1041) : I [02e0] CRC is good.

21:10:47.739 packets.cpp(911) : I [02e0] We got a valid packet!
21:10:47.739 packets.cpp(916) : I [02e0] End of packet, pushing back 0 bytes
21:10:47.739 packets.cpp(928) : I [02e0] Processing complete: result is 0
21:10:47.739 packets.cpp(929) : I [02e0] Request::Receive(D) = 0x0
21:10:47.739 packets.cpp(704) : I [02e0] Receive result was 0

21:10:47.739 packets.cpp(784) : I [02e0] Got a response to packet 53
21:10:47.739 packets.cpp(699) : I [02e0] WaitForReply loop

21:10:47.739 packets.cpp(701) : I [02e0] Waiting for reply with id 53 and timeout 2

21:10:47.739 packets.cpp(827) : I [02e0] Request::Receive(h = 0012ED30, timeout=2)
21:10:47.739 packets.cpp(840) : I [02e0] Trying to receive bytes.

21:10:48.139 connection_win32.cpp(314) : I [02e0] SerialConnection::FillBuffer: leaving without reading anything.
21:10:48.139 packets.cpp(851) : I [02e0] Got -110 bytes from connection->Receive
21:10:48.139 packets.cpp(886) : I [02e0] It timed out - trying again
21:10:48.139 packets.cpp(840) : I [02e0] Trying to receive bytes.

21:10:48.540 connection_win32.cpp(314) : I [02e0] SerialConnection::FillBuffer: leaving without reading anything.
21:10:48.540 packets.cpp(851) : I [02e0] Got -110 bytes from connection->Receive
21:10:48.540 packets.cpp(886) : I [02e0] It timed out - trying again
21:10:48.540 packets.cpp(840) : I [02e0] Trying to receive bytes.

21:10:48.941 connection_win32.cpp(314) : I [02e0] SerialConnection::FillBuffer: leaving without reading anything.
21:10:48.941 packets.cpp(851) : I [02e0] Got -110 bytes from connection->Receive
21:10:48.941 packets.cpp(886) : I [02e0] It timed out - trying again
21:10:48.941 packets.cpp(840) : I [02e0] Trying to receive bytes.

21:10:49.341 connection_win32.cpp(314) : I [02e0] SerialConnection::FillBuffer: leaving without reading anything.
21:10:49.341 packets.cpp(851) : I [02e0] Got -110 bytes from connection->Receive
21:10:49.341 packets.cpp(886) : I [02e0] It timed out - trying again
21:10:49.341 packets.cpp(840) : I [02e0] Trying to receive bytes.

21:10:49.742 connection_win32.cpp(314) : I [02e0] SerialConnection::FillBuffer: leaving without reading anything.
21:10:49.742 packets.cpp(851) : I [02e0] Got -110 bytes from connection->Receive
21:10:49.742 packets.cpp(876) : I [02e0] No data timeout in state 0
21:10:49.742 packets.cpp(881) : I [02e0] Request::Receive(B) = 0xffffff92
21:10:49.742 packets.cpp(704) : I [02e0] Receive result was -110

21:10:49.742 packets.cpp(729) : I [02e0] Got timeout in receive. Timeout was 2
21:10:49.742 packets.cpp(730) : I [02e0] Packet::WaitForReply(D) = 0xffffff92
21:10:49.742 packets.cpp(201) : I [02e0] Request::Ping(C) = 0xffffff92

21:10:49.742 protocolclient.cpp(876) : I [02e0] ProtocolClient::IsUnitConnected()=0
21:10:59.606 Emplode.cpp(243) : I [02e0] In ExitInstance.
21:10:59.606 Emplode.cpp(245) : I [02e0] Saved options.
Tue 23 Apr 2002 21:21:55.449 Logfile opened

BTW. How can I tell if I have a null-modem serial cable?

arvy_n