Thanks for the reply pinball god, I know exactly what you mean with cnc routers LOL I used to be a tech for a company called Multicam and had to deal with com problems all the time.

I don't know what the errors represent either as when it shows the error code it shows a message area underneath in the pop up box and there is never anything in it and have searched all over the net for a clue on what they may mean with no results.

I understand what you mean by the 9600 baud rate but what are the others E,7,1 and how would I know what the rfm settings are, sounds like I may have to get into the rfm bios.... BUT once again I don't have and old keyboard with that massive pins input...

Also my db9 is pre molded ends so there is no way to open them