Article # 507, added by Geoworks, historical record
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I get a "PC timed out" error when starting Swat.



Q. I get a "PC timed out" error when I use Swat, but everything
   seems to be set up correctly as far as the null modem settings.

A. Sometimes it's not always the modem settings that cause a time
   out with Swat. If you're in the wrong directory on the target
   machine, Swat will give you a time-out error. This doesn't make
   sense, but that's how it is. You should be in the GEOS2XEC or
   ZOOMEREC directory when running PCCOM on the target.

   Also, if you're running under Windows '95 or NT and have a
   command prompt window opened, and it's using the serial port,
   Swat won't be able to use that port. Make sure to close any
   prompts that had at any time used the serial port (i.e. you ran
   Swat or pccom, pcsend, pcget, etc.).