apples24

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its for connecting a electro gizmo i have to a pc, it has the 9 pin serial on the side, thing is were my laptop is modern it doesnt have one

someone mentioned i can get a serial to usb thingy too??

Sonic'

Yes you can, I have one

Belkin do them, shedloads of them on ebay

What you need is a USB to Serial convertor, I use them pretty much everyday, was fun installing the drivers in Vista 64 though, had to hit f8 and go into unsigned driver mode

Sonic'

Forgot to add, if you need a cable make sure you get the right type, male to female, male to male etc etc

apples24

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cheers mate, anywere online to buy the two of em cheap apart from ebay?

Sonic'

Try Amazon
Amazon.co.uk: Belkin USB to Serial adapter - Serial adapter - USB - RS-232: Electronics & Photo: Belkin

apples24

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thnaks mate


so another quesiton on the software on laptop it has a drop down box to select com port, if it went from the usb to a serial into the machine which port would i choose?

Sonic'

When you plug the USB to Serial adapter in and load the drivers, it will give you a new COM port to choose from

pimmo2000

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In theory !!

Sometimes you have to us a Virtual USB drive (IIRC)

I did the old printer connection to USB and have hours of fun doing that

apples24

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THANKS

what i done was went into the drives and i had to change the com port of the serial usb lead, but i had fun as the ones i had available were not in the drop down menu on my software for the machine

int he end i selected one thats already in use and it worked

so problem solved cheers chaps