Connecting Sharp PC-G850VS to PC

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Thanks everyone!

I have built the connection using an older FTDI 232R USB-to-Serial connector, from Parallax robotics kit. Everything looks fine when I do TEXT/SIO/LOAD on the Sharp - it shows RECEIVING and busy indicator.

As soon as I start Tera Term or Putty though, connected to the port (proper settings including hardware handshake), I get I/O DEVICE ERROR on the Sharp...