rs232 cable

[quickrich]

Hi, I have a s11 that sticks on boot and gives no display, a quick search on digital-kaos suggests next step would be flash the box which is something I have never done. So I look on eBay for a cable and see that most are male to male so I thought I would check the box only to find it takes a female, but then I came up against a bigger problem no laptop in my house has a rs232 socket, what do I do?

[Panther785]

you need to buy one of these; called null modem to usb will cost you a few quid ;)

http://www.techdigital.co.uk/product_images/o/694/wss_usb_06_prod_new_1___50801_zoom.jpg

[slugworth]

make friends with somebody that has an old pc.
most usb adapters don't work with the openbox loader.
In most cases an old pc is cheaper than the usb converter.

[Hadron]

Hi, I have a s11 that sticks on boot and gives no display, a quick search on digital-kaos suggests next step would be flash the box which is something I have never done. So I look on eBay for a cable and see that most are male to male so I thought I would check the box only to find it takes a female, but then I came up against a bigger problem no laptop in my house has a rs232 socket, what do I do?

If most of the cables you found were Male to Male then you were searching for the wrong cable.

It has been emphasized over & over again that the cable needs to be a null modem cable and not a straightforward serial cable. If you search for these on Ebay you will find that the vast majority are female to female.

[quickrich]

OK, thanks for the help I have just found an old laptop in the cupboard with a rs232 socket but it is old I.e. 550mhz processor and 128k ram is this up to the job?

[P&D]

OK, thanks for the help I have just found an old laptop in the cupboard with a rs232 socket but it is old I.e. 550mhz processor and 128k ram is this up to the job?
Yes mate that will do fine
just might take a bit longer but it will do the job

all the answers you will need is in this thread....Recover Dead Skybox/Openbox Flash Using Serial RS232 Null modem Cable (http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums/f184/recover-dead-skybox-openbox-flash-using-serial-rs232-null-modem-cable-233298/)