Eurovox2, silver box with 2 scarts.

[Saltire]

I have a Eurovox2 here, its the silver coloured box that has two scarts on the back, I bought it years ago within days/weeks of the boxs coming onto the market, so that will give ya a good idea exactly which box it is.

Anyways, question is, which cable do i use to flash it, is it null modem cable ?? I used a cable the other day to flash my dreambox, its female at both ends with 9 holes, is that a null modem cable and is that the one to use with the eurovox2 too ??? ive got so many daft cables laying around and they all look similar, hahaha, anyway, that one i used flashed the dreambox ok using the program dreamup, so does that give youz any idea exactly which type of cable that is ??

[Jaffa]

That sounds like a null modem cable o.k m8, same as for dreambox, just use the firmware in downloads section to run the new firmware, its very easy, just connect and load the firmware.

http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums/downloads.php?do=cat&id=28

[Saltire]

AWWW MAN , iam pissed off with this man, ive already bought a serial to usb cable (doesnt work on vista) and then now ive bought a serial port which plugs in directly into the motherboard 9 pin header, and still its not working ,ffss man , the serial rs232 null modem cable iam using is fine as ive used it just the other day to flash my dreambox on my old XP computer, this suks

[Jaffa]

Have a look at the link below, it may help.

http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=1926

[Saltire]

Have a look at the link below, it may help.

http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums...ead.php?t=1926

thanks mate but it doesnt help, my serial to usb cable wont even install as vista doesnt have the driver and its nowhere to be found on the net etc, so i gave up on the serial to usb cable long ago, .

But i had hoped today big time that this little serial port i bought that plugs directly into the motherboard serial port 9 pin header would give me joy, but nope, doesnt work, well it works, appears to be installed and all that but when i try and connect to the eurovox2 via the serialr,s232 cable it wont make contact with the box, dnupman just keeps sitting there saying waiting on response from box and nuffin happens

[smirnoff_rules]

has to be a port setting thats wrong .. try voxer instead m8 it finds more ports , its in downloads

[Saltire]

has to be a port setting thats wrong .. try voxer instead m8 it finds more ports , its in downloads

hmmm, voxer, new to me but i will give it a go my man, anythings worth a try, .

(you guys remembering this machine is running on vista, yea ??, just incase youz didnt).

[Saltire]

hmmm, voxer, new to me but i will give it a go my man, anythings worth a try, .

(you guys remembering this machine is running on vista, yea ??, just incase youz didnt).

ok i tried voxer too and still didnt work, i wonder if i should turn round the little plug that goes onto the 9 pins on the motherboard, looks correct the way it is though, but it will go round the other way too, anyone know if those sort of things carry any voltage that can damage computer components ?

[smirnoff_rules]

u have a serial port coming straight of the mother board ? u r sure its a serial .. have u tried your usb with voxer ?



vista driver .. usb to serial http://sewelldirect.com/Drivers/SW-1301-XP2K-FILES.zip


1 - Download the driver files for the USB to serial SW-1301

2 - Extract the files to a location that you recognize and will be able to find later.

3 - In the device manager (click start/Vista icon, Control Panel, Device Manger to access the device manger) right click on the USB - serial controller, which should have a yellow sign next to it, and click update driver software.

4 - A new window will pop up, click on “Browse my computer for driver software” and then click on the browse button. Locate and click on the folder that you extracted. Click ok and then next and windows should install the driver.

5 - Click finish and you should be set up and ready to use your serial device with Windows Vista. (If you still have problems make sure that you have the driver for your serial device installed correctly.)

[Saltire]

u have a serial port coming straight of the mother board ? u r sure its a serial .. have u tried your usb with voxer ?

yes mate and no, yes its a serial header that comes straight from the motherboard via a 9 pin ribbon cable, nearly all new computers nowdays "dont have a serial com port", but they should have a header on the motherboard that allows for ya to plug the port into (not pci), and no ive not tried the serial to usb cable with voxer as windows vista cant install the cable as it cant install a driver for it as i dont have one and it never came with one and vista just keeps saying its incompatible, phewwwwwww, , that was a lot of typing, hehehehe

[smirnoff_rules]

yes mate and no, yes its a serial header that comes straight from the motherboard via a 9 pin ribbon cable, nearly all new computers nowdays "dont have a serial com port", but they should have a header on the motherboard that allows for ya to plug the port into (not pci), and no ive not tried the serial to usb cable with voxer as windows vista cant install the cable as it cant install a driver for it as i dont have one and it never came with one and vista just keeps saying its incompatible, phewwwwwww, , that was a lot of typing, hehehehe

lv edited my post above with some driver info

[Saltire]

u have a serial port coming straight of the mother board ? u r sure its a serial .. have u tried your usb with voxer ?



vista driver .. usb to serial http://sewelldirect.com/Drivers/SW-1301-XP2K-FILES.zip


1 - Download the driver files for the USB to serial SW-1301

2 - Extract the files to a location that you recognize and will be able to find later.

3 - In the device manager (click start/Vista icon, Control Panel, Device Manger to access the device manger) right click on the USB - serial controller, which should have a yellow sign next to it, and click update driver software.

4 - A new window will pop up, click on ?Browse my computer for driver software? and then click on the browse button. Locate and click on the folder that you extracted. Click ok and then next and windows should install the driver.

5 - Click finish and you should be set up and ready to use your serial device with Windows Vista. (If you still have problems make sure that you have the driver for your serial device installed correctly.)

but how can i use the driver your offering for my usb to serial cable when its most likley 99% not the correct one and vista simply will not have it, i have tried other drivers for the cable and they didnt work

[smirnoff_rules]

they must be very basic l would think , l know vista is a bastard for drivers put u never know , the worse thing is it wont install ? just an idea m8 .. or u need to get hold of someones old pc or xp one ..


any of these look the same http://www.cooldrives.com/wividrforprc.html

[Saltire]

u have a serial port coming straight of the mother board ? u r sure its a serial .. have u tried your usb with voxer ?



vista driver .. usb to serial http://sewelldirect.com/Drivers/SW-1301-XP2K-FILES.zip


1 - Download the driver files for the USB to serial SW-1301

2 - Extract the files to a location that you recognize and will be able to find later.

3 - In the device manager (click start/Vista icon, Control Panel, Device Manger to access the device manger) right click on the USB - serial controller, which should have a yellow sign next to it, and click update driver software.

4 - A new window will pop up, click on ?Browse my computer for driver software? and then click on the browse button. Locate and click on the folder that you extracted. Click ok and then next and windows should install the driver.

5 - Click finish and you should be set up and ready to use your serial device with Windows Vista. (If you still have problems make sure that you have the driver for your serial device installed correctly.)

ok, tried this and it didnt work

[Saltire]

they must be very basic l would think , l know vista is a bastard for drivers put u never know , the worse thing is it wont install ? just an idea m8 .. or u need to get hold of someones old pc or xp one ..


any of these look the same http://www.cooldrives.com/wividrforprc.html

and tried one from that cooldrives site that looked like same cable, also didnt work