USB Lead

[dannyb]

Any ideas if this is the correct lead, Not sure what i need to order anyone bought any cheap ones on e-bay that work with MJ?

UPDATE

Worked fine and was mega-cheap

its a HL USB-RS232 and the driver to use is R340 on the supplied CD

[brentp]

Hi Danny,

Did you mean to post a link?

We have a guide on the wiki which should help you choose a USB-Serial adapter. They are not all created equal.

http://www.autosportlabs.net/USB-serial_adapters

[dannyb]

Cheers yep totally forgot to post link will take a look

link was http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/USB-2-0-TO-RS232- ... 1|294%3A50

[brentp]

Hard to say with that one. There is a good chance it will work, as we've made improvements to the software since the 'early' days to make it compatible with a wider variety of adapters.

You can ask the seller to identify what chipset the adapter uses, or point you to the drivers for the cable, which could tell you the same info.

[Dicky Blighter]

I've got that one and it works fine with Vista and XP although it's not immediately clear which driver you need for it, can't remember which one I used in the end.

[dannyb]

Cheers i will order it and give it a try, Its nice and cheap and if i have any problems im sure it will come in handy one day

[dannyb]

Worked fine and was mega-cheap

its a HL USB-RS232 and the driver to use is R340 on the supplied CD

[Gassed'58]

Glad to hear you have some success with this.

Here is a link to the one I use, works perfectly for my Acer laptop running XP http://www.amazon.co.uk/USB-RS232-Conve ... B00077DJIQ

Slightly more expensive than yours but handy for people to know what else works as so many seem to have problems with this.