USB TO COM PORT
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USB TO COM PORT
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??
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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).
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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
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I never check PM's so don't bother, just email me.
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STOP ASKING ME FOR SOFTWARE OR FIRMWARE, I JUST FORWARD ALL OF THE REQUESTS TO THE MODERATORS
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.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
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it does come with a disk but it isn't a factory motorola cable so i don't know.
HLA
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I won't reply to a hotmail, gmail, aol or any other generic free address, if you want me to reply use a real address.
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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.
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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
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.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
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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
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
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i got and it works good
Re: usb
You got what, exactly, and what did you test it with?bulletproof-791 wrote:i got and it works good
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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