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Virtual COM PORT
20-02-2013 7:49 PM
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Using a Laptop, there is no D9 socket available, and I have a USB to D9 adapter cable, but no driver software....
Can someone point me in the right direction please?
Re: Virtual COM PORT
20-02-2013 7:59 PM
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If not, I don't think it's possible.
Re: Virtual COM PORT
20-02-2013 8:07 PM
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I bought one of these http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/USB-M-to-F-RS232-Serial-D-9-Pin-Converter-Adapter-Cable-/220682314722?pt=U...
which has this Note: If your device doesn't have a built-in converter then you'll need a converter to use this cable.
which I did not see ! ! ! ..
and no.... I only paid £1.74 for it.... then he changed the price to £91.74 ! ! ! ... (don`t think he will sell any more at that price).
The pin configuration on the MRX site for using a Morse key with CWCom, is pin 4 & 8
Maybe the D9 has no "innards"... and that is why it needs this converter.....
any suggestion for an another D9 to USB converter cable and software?
Re: Virtual COM PORT
20-02-2013 9:11 PM
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I don't really know what if anything you can actually do with the cable you've got, if all it does is wire the usb pins to some of the serial pins.
Re: Virtual COM PORT
20-02-2013 10:20 PM
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I`m baffled...
Re: Virtual COM PORT
21-02-2013 8:02 AM
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The serial end of the cable in the picture of yours looks like a serial plug (female), others have a serial socket (male).
Re: Virtual COM PORT
21-02-2013 8:51 AM
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/300861783924?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
which has a cd with it,.... so hopefully it will work.... if not, at least I can send it back ! ..
Re: Virtual COM PORT
21-02-2013 9:15 AM
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Quote from: ejs The serial end of the cable in the picture of yours looks like a serial plug (female), others have a serial socket (male).
Now you're confusing me shirley it is plug = male, socket = female
(I used to be certified, but I stopped paying the fee )
Using a TP-Link Archer VR600 modem-router.
Re: Virtual COM PORT
21-02-2013 9:35 AM
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Re: Virtual COM PORT
21-02-2013 9:57 AM
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PS...my Kaspersky objected to the zip file but may have been a false positive.
To argue with someone who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead - Thomas Paine
Re: Virtual COM PORT
21-02-2013 10:47 AM
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Will wait and see what this new one does, or does not do......
Thanks for the input.
Re: Virtual COM PORT
21-02-2013 11:59 AM
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Quote from: ejs Usually yes, but serial sockets have 9 (or 25) pins, the plugs have the holes.
Ah, I see your point now. However, that would seem to be a chassis mounted plug requiring a cable with a socket termination
A plug (or socket) can be chassis or cable "mounted" - with a cover for the cable mount.
Using a TP-Link Archer VR600 modem-router.
Re: Virtual COM PORT
21-02-2013 8:53 PM
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I think that is a "general inference" and a direct reference to the MALE and FEMALE genitalia....
To make the connection... you need to "PLUG" the "HOLE"...
likewise, if you have a leak of gas or liquid from a HOLE in a pipe.... .. then you put a PLUG in it...
Very similar to a SINK UNIT... where you put a PLUG in the HOLE to stop the water from draining out.
In Nautical Terms.... to stop a boat from sinking, you would put a BUNG in the HOLE.... hence the term.... "bung-hole" or "bung a plug in the hole to stop that leak"...
Re: Virtual COM PORT
23-02-2013 1:07 PM
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order one of these.....
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1M-USB-A-Male-D9-Male-Serial-RS232-to-USB-Adapator-Cable-/320997916370?pt=...
pay for it.... wait for delivery... open package...... insert the CD into your drive,..... install the software.... shut down the computer..... plug in the USB end.... re-boot.... should then recognise the USB as a COM PORT and (probably ) assign it COM PORT 14... If this doesn`t work with your hardware, it may be because of conflicts on COM PORT 14... in which case you need to go to Device Manager and click on the COM PORT listed, and change the COM PORT number...
Job Done...
Thanks for all your help guys.. . hope this helps someone else !
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