basicmods:
So, after working on this a little more, I believe the issue is the RS232-TTL adapter not communicating correctly with the consult adapter. The way i tested this is using two adapters, one male & one female, and hooked them up to eachtother- rx to tx and tx to rx.
Did you try swapping this so you connected RX to RX an TX to TX. This is needed sometimes because of the way equipment is classified as eithe DTE or CTE. This main a TX can be an input or an output. Check that you were connecting an input to an output and not two outputs together.