Fanuc O-TC 086 Alarm when trying to receive

After yesterday's experience of keying in programs by hand at the control, I resolved to get the control connected to a computer. I got the cable info from Fanuc and got one made up. I've confirmed that it's made according to Fanuc's diagram. It's the "hardware handshake" version. I'm using an older laptop running XP that has a 9-pin serial port. Set all the parameters per Fanuc's recommendations. I've tried two different pieces of software for communication: EZ CAM's EZ-DNC and XP's...

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