Could it be that I might have the RX and TX round there wrong way..? red is TX (Ring) so it connected to TX pin on CP 2102,White is RX (Tip) so it connected to RX pin on CP 2102,black is Ground (Sleeve) connected to GND pin on CP 2102..??

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From: Nick Griffin
Sent: ‎Thursday‎, ‎4‎ ‎April‎ ‎2019 ‎17‎:‎38
To: Discussion of the Amstrad E3 emailer hardware/software

This is my settings in putty, 15200, 8 bits, no parity and 1 stop bit. And no flow control.
from https://wiki.earth.li/E3_Getting_Started website.

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From: Antony Stone
Sent: ‎Thursday‎, ‎4‎ ‎April‎ ‎2019 ‎16‎:‎51
To: Discussion of the Amstrad E3 emailer hardware/software

On Thursday 04 April 2019 at 17:47:21, Antony Stone wrote:

> On Thursday 04 April 2019 at 17:44:13, Nick Griffin wrote:
> > I have connected the CP2102 and I am getting garbage text in Putty..
>
> That suggests the wrong baud rate to me.

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https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http:%2F%2Fwww.earth.li%2F~noodles%2Fhardware-e3.html&data=02%7C01%7C%7C1582cfe263ef4d5cdbde08d6b915666b%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636899898889919354&sdata=rOH%2Fb0v1uOAfmesV3LLdYH3lctIkFptlTV4wZlWHIWU%3D&reserved=0 say 115,200 8n1 no handshake.


Antony.

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