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9 pin female to female serial converter
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19-05-2008 11:55pm#1
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Why would you want a 9 Pin(F) to 9Pin(F) converter?
Would you not achieve that by using a standard 9 Pin Female to 9 Pin Female Serial cable?
-"Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."
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i know a shop in waterford that sells em....its the place opposite the tower hotel on the mall...e15
if u need it for what i think u do make sure its a null modem cable and not an rs232....there is a difference
If it's for one of them Typhoon? then he's on the wrong track altogether
He is incorrectly identifying the port on the machine or is trying to convert a 9 pin male to 9 pin female standard serial cable which won't work.
-"Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."
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Excellent just order one from Cablestar, thanks a lot.
Enjoy
Just be aware that when you receive the product that the CD disc is one of those small ones & is nicely hidden between the 2 pieces of cardboard in the packaging (Don't accidentally throw it out
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Be aware too that when you are installing the USB adapter that there are up to 3 different drivers to install (depending on your system). A lot of people do the install and can't figure out why it's not working. Right click My Computer & choos Manage & then go into Device Manager to update the port by right clicking it & choosing update (Then point it to the CD) until it is fully installed.
Depending on what you are using it for? you may also need to set the port number in order for whatever you are connecting to it to communicate successfully, here's how to do that:
How to change the COMM. Port number in Windows.
Do the following.
START
Right Click "MY COMPUTER"
Choose "MANAGE"
In the resulting window, click on "DEVICE MANAGER"
In the right hand pane, click on the little plus sign beside "PORTS" in the right hand pane.
Right click on the USB Adapter (Should be something like “USB Serial Port COM #" or "Prolific USB-to-Serial Comm. Port (COM#) or “Communications Port” (COM #) )
Choose "Properties"
Click on "PORT SETTINGS" TAB
Click on "ADVANCED"
Then you will see the COM Port Number Box. You should be able to change it there using the drop down box.
Try to set it to COM2
Restart Windows (If necessary but normally not required)
Make sure to set the COM Port number in the software on the device you are trying to connect to, to the same port number as what you have it set to in Windows (ie. COM 2)."Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."
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gadgetman496 wrote: »Are you talking about something like this?
http://www.misco.ie/categories/~wci~1502~/USB%20-%20Parallel%20Adapters.html
Looks like the thing, but the guy in my local shop said you cannot run a parallel through a USB - which seems logical, at least in terms of actual connections, does it not?? apart altogether from the protocol/standards issues.
At €26 it seems worth a try, the ould scanner has both male and female parallel connections - jaysus life was simple in those days
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Looks like the thing, but the guy in my local shop said you cannot run a parallel through a USB - which seems logical, at least in terms of actual connections, does it not?? apart altogether from the protocol/standards issues.
At €26 it seems worth a try, the ould scanner has both male and female parallel connections - jaysus life was simple in those days
Thanks, Barry
And you could make baby printers whenever you wanted
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Looks like the thing, but the guy in my local shop said you cannot run a parallel through a USB - which seems logical, at least in terms of actual connections, does it not?? apart altogether from the protocol/standards issues.
At €26 it seems worth a try, the ould scanner has both male and female parallel connections - jaysus life was simple in those days
Thanks, Barry
Just got this back from Misco -
"Dear Customer,
I am sorry but its designed for printers only. I cannot confirm compatibility for use with scanners. "
I subsequently heard it isn't fully parallel, i.e. doesn't provide full ack/noack on all the pins..... so it may not (probably will not) work for an image device using twain.....
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