Just wondering? Do any of you know anyone who hasn't had problems with
anything other than batteries purchased at Radio Shack? I sure don't.
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2004 12:31 PM
Subject: Re: usb to serial with a laptop
> Well, it should be, you plug it in to the computer, it sees it and when
> you
> put the floppy in it would find the driver, to change com port number, go
> in
> your control panel, then to system, control bat to hardware, hit spacebar
> on
> that, then arrow to com ports or command LPT, right arrow on that, see
> what
> com number is there, make sure the adapter is plugged in to the computer
> while doing this, to change the com port number, tab to properties and
> look
> around, you'll find it. That's how it works with me on XP home, part of
> your problem could be you went to radio shack, but you can try that first.
> I'm not sure what brand mien is but I got it at www.amazon.com and
> actually
> have 2 of them, 1 for my laptop and 1 for this desktop and both work fine
> though they do install on what ever com number they want and I have to
> bring
> them back in to a useable number.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "K5IN" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2004 3:13 PM
> Subject: Re: usb to serial with a laptop
>
>
>> Ok, maybe the problem is that I bought a Radio Shack usb to serial
>> adapter
>> cable. The box says it is for a printer cable but in fact is a usb to 9
>> pin
>> serial cable. The floppy that comes with it seems to be of no assistance
>> and xp-pro cannot seem to do anything to find it. Now maybe you can
>> answer
>> this, is there something I need to do to tell it about the proper com
>> port
>> assignment? You might want to respond off list.
>>
>> I appreciate you guys thoughts on this matter. It is a frustration to
>> buy
>> a
>> new laptop and not be able to program all of the serial devices such as
>> the
>> ts-2000. I also have scanners and a repeater controller that are all
>> serial
>> devices.
>>
>> 73 de Brian, k5in
>
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