Hi folks,
Can anyone who's sucessfully used one of these to connect their laptop to their Megajolt please let me know what the make and model is? I have a friend who's got a newer laptop which doesn't have a COM port so needs one.
thanks
Matt Dearden
(2lt Pinto Cat)
http://www.cate1.co.uk/megajolt
USB serial adapters
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cannot get
hi everyone ,i am new to this forum stuff so please bear with me.I cannot get my PC to talk to the m/j .I am using xp and have noticed thier seems to be others with the same problem. I am going to try some stuff that afew people have suggested ,(many thanks) . But any other ideas would be great. cheers smithy
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Keith Johnson
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usb to serial adapter
MJL communicating fine on PC with serial port but when connect to lap top via USB to serial adapter, sod all. say it cant find the com1 port. Anyone got any solutions?
cheers
Keith J
cheers
Keith J
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Keith Johnson
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usb ports
Cheers Brent,
usb adapter showing com7 but mjl says that its using com1. PC says that all coms upto 7 being used and when i try to change to the MJL port it will only go to com4? Any ideas.
Thanks for your help Brent, much appreciated.
Keith
usb adapter showing com7 but mjl says that its using com1. PC says that all coms upto 7 being used and when i try to change to the MJL port it will only go to com4? Any ideas.
Thanks for your help Brent, much appreciated.
Keith
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windows xp
hi smithy, new to all this too.
Im running xp on my lap top, the mjl talks to pc running 98 through serial port fine, but cannot get the mjl to talk to lap top. Bought serial adapter (USB to serial made by KEYSPAN) "all" i have to do now is match the mjl port to the adapater port. Adapter running on COM7 but MJL only has options to run up to COM4. have posted comment to see if can change mjl to com7 and awaiting replies/help! as soon as i have success will let you know - how you getting on?
Keith
Im running xp on my lap top, the mjl talks to pc running 98 through serial port fine, but cannot get the mjl to talk to lap top. Bought serial adapter (USB to serial made by KEYSPAN) "all" i have to do now is match the mjl port to the adapater port. Adapter running on COM7 but MJL only has options to run up to COM4. have posted comment to see if can change mjl to com7 and awaiting replies/help! as soon as i have success will let you know - how you getting on?
Keith
In windows, go to device mana
In windows, go to device manager, select the USB device- go to properties, and there you can re-configure it to be COM 1-4.
The software limits it to COM4- probably a subconscious limit on my part reflecting the old days where there were only 4 com ports available on a system...
The software limits it to COM4- probably a subconscious limit on my part reflecting the old days where there were only 4 com ports available on a system...
belkin adaptor
Hi Brent,
There seems to be two Serial adaptors from Belkin, one is a rounded off object around 4" x 3" x 1.5" (very roughly - I have one of their 4 port hubs in the same form factor but it's buried down the back of the desk!) whilst the other appears to be for communicating with PDA's, and is just a cable?
Anyone any success with the Keyspan ones, or the one from Maplins?
Also noted all around the net - always use the same USB port - USB is dynamic and will assign it a new number each time you plug it in!
There seems to be two Serial adaptors from Belkin, one is a rounded off object around 4" x 3" x 1.5" (very roughly - I have one of their 4 port hubs in the same form factor but it's buried down the back of the desk!) whilst the other appears to be for communicating with PDA's, and is just a cable?
Anyone any success with the Keyspan ones, or the one from Maplins?
Also noted all around the net - always use the same USB port - USB is dynamic and will assign it a new number each time you plug it in!
USB Serial
Hi Matt
I use a USB serial adaptor with my vaio and windows xp.
Its a WASP one - take a look at http://www.waspbarcode.co.uk/barcode_accessories/
Think it was about 15 quid. Works a treat.
Will.
I use a USB serial adaptor with my vaio and windows xp.
Its a WASP one - take a look at http://www.waspbarcode.co.uk/barcode_accessories/
Think it was about 15 quid. Works a treat.
Will.
Wasp adaptor
It's £50 on their site!
I've picked up an adaptor, however it's RS422, not RS232. Shouldn't be a problem if the signals are correct? Any ideas?
I've picked up an adaptor, however it's RS422, not RS232. Shouldn't be a problem if the signals are correct? Any ideas?
Serial to USB
Would it be possible to attach a USB port to the MegaJolt board instead of the Serial port currently used? I suggest that this may be a logical upgrade as most poeple now use USB connectors for pretty much everything PC related...