Fernando, thank you for the response. Is the fact that Dos do not support
USB an issue or is this
transparent to the Dos guest? I am using a prolific cable at this stage
will have a look and find a proper cable.
Hendré
On 10 September 2012 18:32, Fernando Cassia <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 12:12 PM, Hendré Louw <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> The serial-to-usb cable is configured correctly and works 100% in Windows
>> 7.
>>
>> Please help
>>
>> Hendré
>>
>
> DOS based serial software expect COM ports to be in the COM1 to COM4 range.
>
> USB to serial adapters usually give you a high port number (COM11 in my
> netbook, even if there´s no COM1-COM4).
>
> However, that can be setted on the devices´s preferences (hardware
> manager) on the host side.
>
> Also make sure the adapter cable is a good one, that implements hardware
> flow control, (FTDI chipset are the best) and not a cheap Prolific based
> one...
>
> That´s what I can think of, off the top of my head. Hope it helps. Good
> luck!
> FC
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