Thanks for the advice. As it is:

LHS, of course, could not obtain another cable.
The next step was to try here (operating, at the time, on the presumption that this forum was monitored by the folks who made the software, not OMP)
Next was a call to Ikarus USA, with the results I mentioned elsewhere.

I suppose, as you suggest, a call to Ikarus Germany is now in order, though, to be honest, i'm not sure why that would produce different results (other than perhaps not being able to communicate, as I don't speak german *heh*...though it wouldn't surprise me if SOMEONE there spoke English) but I'll give it a try as you suggest.

On the other subject, what part of St Louis were you in? I was born and raised (until age 12 anyway) up there, in the Chesterfield area.