06-14-2010 11:58 PM - edited 03-04-2019 08:46 AM
I was just wondering, since most PCs motherboards nowadays do not have a RS232 connection, what do you do for that? I tried a USB to serial cable and couldn't get it to work even though it says the driver was installed correctly. Actually, I've never heard of anyone who made it work.
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06-15-2010 02:10 AM
Hi,
I was using an PCMCIA card to connect to serial ports in the past.
But it was also not 100% reliable.
So I'm keeping saying my managers:
I need a notebook with a RS-232 port on motherboard!
BR,
Milan
06-15-2010 02:29 AM
Hi Feng,
I have a USB-to-Serial cable made by Sweex and I can confirm that it works for me using both Windows XP and Windows 7 & PuTTY. I think it uses a Prolific chipset.
In the lab and the comms rooms, I have some old Cisco 2511RJ routers. These have 8 or 16 terminal ports - you can pick them up on ebay now for very little.
HTH
Kevin
06-15-2010 02:10 AM
Hi,
I was using an PCMCIA card to connect to serial ports in the past.
But it was also not 100% reliable.
So I'm keeping saying my managers:
I need a notebook with a RS-232 port on motherboard!
BR,
Milan
06-15-2010 02:29 AM
Hi Feng,
I have a USB-to-Serial cable made by Sweex and I can confirm that it works for me using both Windows XP and Windows 7 & PuTTY. I think it uses a Prolific chipset.
In the lab and the comms rooms, I have some old Cisco 2511RJ routers. These have 8 or 16 terminal ports - you can pick them up on ebay now for very little.
HTH
Kevin
06-15-2010 11:14 AM
I have been using a USB to serial adapter by Keyspan and have had good success with it.
HTH
Rick
06-16-2010 01:38 AM
Hi
I'm using a usb to serial adapter from ATEN, and I have no problem with that adapter.
However, be sure to always use the same usb-port on the computer, otherwise You can be forced to change the comport-number.
/Mikael
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