I bought a new computer and there is only USB ports bought a 232 serial cable converter from radioshack but I dont believe its talking to my pansat 2700a. anyone able to advice me on what cable i need?
usb to serial, have to be patient. mine loads awful slow but does get the job done. I have a radio shack adapter. Check your com port. May not be com 1 now. Had to change mine to com 2
the cable/adapter you are using, did you have to buy the extra piece that has to be connected to the back of the 2700a serial port in order to accodate the radioshak cable?
my monitor is plugged into com port 2 does it really matter what com port thought as long as the cable is loader on the port that the 2700a is plugged into?
R, your cable did come with everything you needed? or did you have to purchase a male female serial to usb adapter in order to be able to mate the raddioshack cable to the 2700a?
you need to use two cables plug the usb into the computer , the other end plugs into the null cable that came with 2700 , connect the end of that to the 2700. select comm port4
How To Guide: USB 2 Serial adapter to function properly
There are essentially only four basic steps required to get an USB2Serial adapter to function properly:
1. Physically plug the USB2Serial adapter into an available USB port
2. Install the driver for the adapter (recommend that you use the one that was actually supplied with the adapter; universal drivers are "iffy")
3. Connect the correct cable (null or straight-through) between the adapter and your FTA receiver; in the case of the Coolsatss, it is straight-through
4. Synchronize the COM port assignment of the USB2Serial adapter with a COM port supported by the Loader program (they MUST be the same).
The above four basic steps are relatively simple but a lot of things can go wrong along the way. For example, communications will fail if:
1. You don't use the correct type of serial cable (null modem or a straight-through) between the adapter and your FTA receiver.
2. The COM port assignment of the USB2Serial adapter and the COM port setting in the loader/software program do not match.
3. You use the wrong loader program or bin file for your particular brand/model of receiver or the bin file was not extracted and is still in zipped or compressed format
For experienced computer users, the above constitutes all the instruction you will probably require. For computer neophytes, here's a simple step by step procedure for troubleshooting your USB2Serial adapter:
2. Scroll down the list of devices to [Ports] and click on the [+] sign on the left of [Ports]
3. Locate your USB2Serial device under [Ports] and RIGHT-click on it; select [Properties]
4. Under the [General] tab, the [Device Status] window will indicate whether it is functioning properly. If not, you should uninstall the device, reboot, and let Windows auto-detect the device. If it cannot locate the driver, you will be prompted to insert a driver disc
5. Click on the [Port Settings] tab and bump the port speed to the max (115200 or 128000 bps).
6. If you need to change the COM port assignment of the USB2Serial adapter to match one that your Loader program will support, click on the [Advanced] button (under the [Port Settings] tab) and change the [COM Port] value.
7. Be sure to sync or match the adapter's COM port assignment with one that the Loader program supports.