New usb to rs232 lead won't connect to skybox f5

[nah33d]

hello i would like to know how do you know if the skybox f5 has connected to my laptop i did a blind scan and my skybox needs resetting with the rs232 but for some reason it doesn't connect and i am struggling what to do next i have tried the reset procedure loading the box with the firmware but nothing happens like the box and/or laptop just are communicating any help would be good thanks in advance.

[digicon]

Loads of Guides on here just try searching through some of the posts as this question has been answered hundreds of times: http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums...-cable-233298/

[Hadron]

A lot of members seem to have trouble with USB to RS232 adapters. They are very "hit & miss".

If you can beg, steal or borrow a pc with a 9 pin D type RS232 COM port, then that will be your best option.

Other than that, make sure that you have installed any drivers that came with your adapter, & make sure that you have selected the right COM port.

[Gulmunir]

Hadron i agree with you.....

[genam]

the usb doesn't power the 232 side of things for communication...........best avoided.......no idea why manufacturers insist in using the 232 ports since almost everything PC no longer has them.

[slugworth]

the usb doesn't power the 232 side of things for communication...........best avoided.......no idea why manufacturers insist in using the 232 ports since almost everything PC no longer has them.

for disaster recovery obviously
when the receiver is dead so is the usb port
the rs232 port keeps on ticking

[slugworth]

old pc's are often cheaper than the usb converter.
I picked up a pc somebody was throwing out a couple of weeks ago for free.
I always have 2 or 3 old pc's kicking around just in case my main one craps out.

[DW190]

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I picked up a pc somebody was throwing out a couple of weeks ago for free.

Any idea where I can find the serial ports on these old ones.

[slugworth]

on the other side