So i finally had the courage to wire in my eManage blue today and wanted to have a little play. However to my horror i found that my laptop doesn't have a serial port
Where can i get a USB cable, i believe they are not standard USB male to male cables.
You should be able to get a USB -> Serial converter from somewhere like maplins pretty cheap..
Best bet is to get a pcmcia serial card, pennies off ebay.
Assuming the laptop has a pcmcia slotOriginally Posted by sideways14a
Maplins or ebay for a USB -> Serial cable is what I would (and have for other things) do
bovvered?
Do not get the cheap ones from eBay. They simply don't work.Assuming the laptop has a pcmcia slot
Maplins or ebay for a USB -> Serial cable is what I would (and have for other things) do
The maplins ones does and is the cheapest one I've found that does actually work.
I have ordered 2 off ebay, jsut in case
Can you believe it, how many years has it been since i had this of youAssuming the laptop has a pcmcia slot
Maplins or ebay for a USB -> Serial cable is what I would (and have for other things) do
They normally do but its just usually a right pain finding which driver makes it work
I was thinking thatCan you believe it, how many years has it been since i had this of you
PCMCIA card ftw - least hassle IME
Hi guys, i tried this with a convertor and it just shows offline on the screen
Did Trust ever make a usb version?
Dont use usb converter cables they are ****ing junk
The blue works fine with the serial cable and a pcmcia serial card if your laptop doesnt have one, if you cannot get it to work with that then the problem is with your laptop comms setup (something a lot of folk struggle with in IT as its old school)
Stupid double post shite
Hi, I’ve been trying for years now to get my Emanage to work, or at least to connect it to the PC.
I’ve tried USB to TTL, and RS232 to TTL, I got them tested working on Hyper Terminal.
I don’t know what else I can do. I hope it’s not the emanage blue that I bought it used. There is something that I’m doing “different” that I hope it is the cause: I don’t have the emanage connected to a car, I’m using a Power supply 12v 1A DC, connected to the Power and ground cables of connector 1, this is the only “strange” thing I’m doing. When I give it power both active (green) and Interaction (orange) lights turn on, Non-blinking.
With the usb PL2303 HXA, when I connect it to the emanage, the Active light turns on for some seconds (without giving power to the emanage). Something that does not occur with the RS232, I guess because the RS232 +5v receives power in order to work, and the USB does the opposite, it gives power, which I find it odd because all tutorials USB or RS232 say connect positive to positive, but I think this is an important difference.
Any help?
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