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General => Users => Topic started by: geekyhawkes on May 25, 2009, 09:56:27 pm

Title: Does mce support USB-rs232 convertors?
Post by: geekyhawkes on May 25, 2009, 09:56:27 pm

My motherboard only supports 1xrs232 port which isnt going to be enough for what i have planned.  Does MCE support usb-rs232 convertors?

Title: Re: Does mce support USB-rs232 convertors?
Post by: hari on May 25, 2009, 10:11:48 pm

yes

Title: Re: Does mce support USB-rs232 convertors?
Post by: geekyhawkes on May 25, 2009, 10:24:15 pm

sweet!  Thanks

Title: Re: Does mce support USB-rs232 convertors?
Post by: Dale_K on May 26, 2009, 04:55:10 pm

Some of them.

I tried the Belkin usb>serial adapters and they didn't work.  The Simpletech adapters however, were plug and play.

Title: Re: Does mce support USB-rs232 convertors?
Post by: colinjones on May 27, 2009, 01:19:21 am

Anything that uses the PL2303 chip (Prolific Technology) will work fine, plug and play.

Title: Re: Does mce support USB-rs232 convertors?
Post by: totallymaxed on May 27, 2009, 01:41:23 am

Quote from: colinjones on May 27, 2009, 01:19:21 am

Anything that uses the PL2303 chip (Prolific Technology) will work fine, plug and play.

Yes we can confirm that.

Andrew

Title: Re: Does mce support USB-rs232 convertors?
Post by: hari on May 27, 2009, 12:15:40 pm

FTDI is also recommended.

Title: Re: Does mce support USB-rs232 convertors?
Post by: alx9r on May 29, 2009, 09:31:01 pm

Quote from: colinjones on May 27, 2009, 01:19:21 am

Anything that uses the PL2303 chip (Prolific Technology) will work fine, plug and play.

It's not always obvious which adapters are using which chips.  I can confirm that the last two Startech ICUSB232 adapters that I have purchased use the PL2303.  That adapter seems to be readily available in Canada at least.