One problem is that u s b to com port adapters come in two varieties, good
ones and bad ones, the latter nothing more than rearrangements of a few
conductors and two disparate connectors. I rather suspect someone has one of
those gadgets. I bought one and chucked it in the garbage, once I took it
apart and saw the little that was inside. The proper devices have chips
inside that, coupled with drivers, normally on cds, sold with the adapter,
allow the operating system to recognize the equipment.
Jerry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Humbert" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2004 5:23 PM
Subject: Re: usb to serial with a laptop
> 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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