Getting a new laptop at work as well so think my old d630 will be going back to IT soon
so loose the com port on it as well 
Anyone know where I can by a cable that WILL work with megatuner and tunerstudio
Have had a few in the past and coudn't get them to work eventually got a PCMCIA to rs232 adapter and used that howevery my laptop has now died
and the new windows 7 one I bought doesn't have PCMCIA or PCExpress on it so I need a USB to RS232.
Anybody recommend a link to one that defo works.
We have a piece of test hardware in work that has a serial interface and I have never got a usb to serial adapter to work with windows 7.
We had to buy a Win XP laptop with a serial port in the end.
I bought a cheap £1.85 RS232>usb cable for my laptop... this exact one:
http://tinyurl.com/47bvh46
and it has worked flawlessly (other than the slightly annoying fact that whenever you unplug/replug it changes port number, but thats a minor
issue).
I wonder if, because mine's an MS1, the MS2 faster data rate causes issues with the USB transmission method, but I can't see it. Good
luck
J
[Edited on 7/4/11 by coyoteboy]
Yeah if I was doing this at work I'd use a desktop with a serial port on my old D630 laptop or a PCMCIA card, but at home I'll need a 232 to
usb converter.
Getting a new laptop at work as well so think my old d630 will be going back to IT soon so loose the com port on it as well
I got one of Maplin's cheap serial/usb cables. It works perfectly on my Win7 netbook after a bit of driver updating and port configuring - nothing fancy. I use Easimap but it has the same port handling code as anything else AFAIK.
second vote for the maplins one. i have both the blue and black maplin ones both work with no bother.
This one maybe??
USB adaptor cable for Megasquirt Megajolt + other ECUs on eBay (end time 02-May-11 21:19:23 BST)
Cheers
Rich
i seem to remember that the issues with some adapters not working was down to com port settings? and MS/MJ not looking for the same COM port on the
computer as the usb device was automatically set to?
i really think 'almost' all of them do actually work ok
Well maplin is on the way home so i'll pop in there and see what they have.
quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
i seem to remember that the issues with some adapters not working was down to com port settings? and MS/MJ not looking for the same COM port on the computer as the usb device was automatically set to?
i really think 'almost' all of them do actually work ok
I've had a Belkin one for years and it is the only one that I've had work with everything...
1 quick thing, I had a standalone usb to 232 converter. It wouldn't work when i plugged it into the megasquirt with a long usb cable. When I plugged it into the laptop directly with a long 232 cable to the ms it worked fine.... Don't understand!!!
quote:
Originally posted by coyoteboy
I bought a cheap £1.85 RS232>usb cable for my laptop... this exact one:
http://tinyurl.com/47bvh46
and it has worked flawlessly (other than the slightly annoying fact that whenever you unplug/replug it changes port number, but thats a minor issue).
I wonder if, because mine's an MS1, the MS2 faster data rate causes issues with the USB transmission method, but I can't see it. Good luck
J
[Edited on 7/4/11 by coyoteboy]