USB TO COM PORT

bulletproof-791 · Post by **bulletproof-791** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 7:57 am

hello i have a laptop that does not have a com port on it ..is there any other way i could prog. the ht1250 w/o a com port? or is there any ADPT.that i could use??

Post by **escomm** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 8:46 am

If you mean serial to USB adapter, yes they do exist. Whether it will work for you or not is another story. Some radios don't like that adapter, some don't mind it at all. Best thing to do is get one from Fry's or any computer store and test it out

Post by **wavetar** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 10:33 am

Your best bet is to use a PCMCIA-to-Serial adaptor card. They provide a "real" serial COM port, as opposed to using a USB converter. There are many threads on the subject, if you do a search for "PCMCIA serial adaptor" (without the quotes).

Todd

HLA · Post by **HLA** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 1:35 pm

there is now a real usb programming cable for the ht1250's. don't know a part number but i did see one on ebay. was going to get one but havn't gotten to it yet. and i think it was only like $25

Post by **wavetar** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 4:13 pm

HLA wrote:there is now a real usb programming cable for the ht1250's. don't know a part number but i did see one on ebay. was going to get one but havn't gotten to it yet. and i think it was only like $25

Don't be fooled...it's simply a USB-to-serial converter built into the cable, and Lord knows what quality at $25. In order for the HT1250 to use a "real" USB cable, it would require virtual modem software to be set-up with the CPS, just like the Astro25 radios.

Todd

HLA · Post by **HLA** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 4:41 pm

it does come with a disk but it isn't a factory motorola cable so i don't know.

RadioMan1101 · Post by **RadioMan1101** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 11:27 am

Go with a PCMCIA Card adapter. I bought one for my laptop because I didn't want to take a chance at making a "brick" out of my HT1550 and HT1250. It's worth the bucks. No special magic to get it to work. Plugged right in, ran the insatll CD, plugged my ribless cable in, and bang off I went. Just my 2 cents.

Mike

bulletproof-791 · Post by **bulletproof-791** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 11:29 am

what would it cost me and where can i get 1 ??

n9ysu · Post by **n9ysu** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 4:26 pm

I use an HP USB - serial adaptor & have had absolutely no problems programming the 1250's... in fact just reprogrammed several this past week... also works well for th 750's...

kg6bki · Post by **kg6bki** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 9:46 am

Last night I used a USB to Serial with my Dell 700m and my XTS300 CPS Software...I just told the CPS to look for Com 4 (this was the port the adapter was on) and then I was able to read and write via the rib..

dittrimd · Post by **dittrimd** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 10:31 am

Todd,

All the PCMCIA Serial cards I have seen only show some sort of windows compatability. Have you had any luck getting one to work in DOS and if so what manfucturer? I have a Latitude LS that is dual boot DOS 6.22 and Windows XP. I have the USB for my XTS5000 and everything works fine. I would like to add my CPS but need to get a serial adapter. I also have the port replicator for this laptop that I have gotten to work in windows. The problem is that DOS does not recognize the PR. I have gotten the card services to work in DOS for other PCMCIA devices. I guess I would just need a PCMCIA card that has a dos driver. Let me know.

Thanks

Mark

Post by **wavetar** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 12:03 pm

dittrimd wrote:Todd,

All the PCMCIA Serial cards I have seen only show some sort of windows compatability. Have you had any luck getting one to work in DOS and if so what manfucturer? I have a Latitude LS that is dual boot DOS 6.22 and Windows XP. I have the USB for my XTS5000 and everything works fine. I would like to add my CPS but need to get a serial adapter. I also have the port replicator for this laptop that I have gotten to work in windows. The problem is that DOS does not recognize the PR. I have gotten the card services to work in DOS for other PCMCIA devices. I guess I would just need a PCMCIA card that has a dos driver. Let me know.

Thanks

Mark

The only PCMCIA card I personally have experience with working in DOS is the SSP-100 from Quatech. Though DOS is not "officially" supported by Quatech, they do provide DOS drivers on the CD for it, along with notes on getting it to work. Although it's worked in about 4 different model computers that I've tried it on, I of course can't guarantee it'll work for you. If you do decide to try it, I can lend a hand with configuring it to work in DOS.

Todd

dittrimd · Post by **dittrimd** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 12:15 pm

Thansk Todd,

I will keep that in mind while I am trying to get things to work. I am always trying new things just to see if it can be done. I have my well protected 386 and a couple spares for my older software. All my new stuff runs great on my XP machine. I also have a couple of others with different software just in case. As a matter of fact I actually have the two pure dos 386 machines, two 486 DOS/3.1 machines, two WIN95, one WIN98, one 2000 and two XP machines. You forget sometimes just how many machines you have.

Mark

jim · Post by **jim** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 12:28 pm

My SIIG PCM/CIA card works fine with Kenwood and Vertex software in a DOS window.

I have successfuly used it on some "M" radios, but we all know how well "M" RSS works in a DOS window.

I did use it with KPG7D software under true DOS and it worked fine on my POS Compaq.

bulletproof-791 · Post by **bulletproof-791** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 2:22 pm

i got and it works good

Post by **wavetar** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 6:12 pm

bulletproof-791 wrote:i got and it works good

You got what, exactly, and what did you test it with?

Todd

bulletproof-791 · Post by **bulletproof-791** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 9:15 pm

what i got was a "ZONET"USB TO RS232 serial cable and i tested it on a ht1250 and it worked very well ..the onlt thing was is when i went to write to radio i had to choose com 4 and that was it other then that it works very well

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