Im trying to get it so I can datalog with Datamaster with the cable through a usb to serial adaptor, I have heard of people not being able to do this with dells...just curious if anyone HAS been able to get it to work, its a brand new dell inspiron 1xxx something or other. Any help would be great.

 

what brand serial adaptor are you using

P.S. there is no reason a manaufacturer specific laptop wouldnt work and other would. Dell, Toshiba, Sony, all the UBS ports are the same and the drivers are owned by Microsoft.

 

Majestron I guess...its pretty cheap...and I installed the drivers and everything and in device manager it shows it as com port 4, so I tried that and nothing ;[. I guess Belkin in the brand to buy..but I don't understand the difference really...unless it has something to do with the drivers.

 

CHEAP ones WILL NOT work. The cheapest one I Know that works is the KEYSPAN one. I got mine from compusa.com for $40, works great.

 

What kind do you have? I saw the belkin one at Best Buy for $30.

 

In the bios of the machine make sure you enable legecy support on usb. that seems to solve tons of problems on usb to serial

 

sweet, ill try it...thats the stuff im looking for.

 

Belkin was $70 last I checked for the 9 pin serial/USB adaptor. But if you found it for $30 thats a great deal

 

Forgive me that I am not THAT good with computers, but, how do you do that? Thanks, I would GREATLY appreciate it!

 

During POST (power on system test) you will either get a logo screen or how your computer is set up. Processor, memory ect. When that happens you hit a key to get into the BIOS. Usually F1 F2 F10 or Del. Look for device settings and look for USB. 1 of 2 settings usually do it. 1) legecy support for USB or USB mouse. If both are there do both. Aslo i found that plugging my programming cable in AFTER the machine was booted made a big difference, otherwise my computer detected my programming cable as a mouse and never did work.
Hope that helps.