I tried to use my AFP with a DELL Latitude D600 laptop running on Windows 2000, the serial port works OK since I have using Hyperteminal before to connect the serial laptop port to run other applications.

I connected the serial adapter cable/DSC to my XP 783 JR, then I went to controls and not activity whatsoever was observed on the sliding bars as I moved the sticks of the radio.

First of all, does the AFP work on LAPTOPS?
What should I do to make the AFP recognize the transmitter on a LAPTOP?