SN10B laptop replacement

[Craig Reinholt]

I recently had my hard drive go down on my old Compaq laptop (w/
serial port) during my last contest. Fortunately, I had the SN10B USB
adapter as a backup to download my files. This worked just fine.
However, not having the laptop interface was making me nervous.

In the past, I have had ZERO luck with laptops and USB to Serial
adapters (hence the old Compaq), but thought I’d give it a go one more
time. I’ve wanted a Netbook, so I went to Costco and picked up an
Acer. The following setup worked flawlessly with the SN10B.

Acer AO532h-2268 Netbook (Costco $299.99)
-Windows 7 starter
-Bios upgraded to v1.24
-upgraded ram Corsair 2GB DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) / Newegg ($44.95)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233079
-all Windows 7 updates installed

Belkin F5U409-CU (Amazon.com $38.99)
-Vista 32bit drivers directly from Belkin

Baud rate set to 4800 / Com port 3

[Barny]

Belkin F5U409-CU (ebay $20) + Baud rate set to 4800 worked on 3
out of 3 laptops for me. The Belkin is suggested on Dave's website.

[Dave Nadler]

On Jul 11, 2:38*pm, Craig Reinholt > wrote:
> I recently had my hard drive go down on my old Compaq laptop (w/
> serial port) during my last contest. Fortunately, I had the SN10B USB
> adapter as a backup to download my files. This worked just fine.
> However, not having the laptop interface was making me nervous.
>
> In the past, I have had ZERO luck with laptops and USB to Serial
> adapters (hence the old Compaq), but thought I’d give it a go one more
> time. I’ve wanted a Netbook, so I went to Costco and picked up an
> Acer. The following setup worked flawlessly with the SN10B.
>
> Acer AO532h-2268 Netbook (Costco $299.99)
> -Windows 7 starter
> -Bios upgraded to v1.24
> -upgraded ram Corsair 2GB DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) / Newegg ($44.95)
> * *http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233079
> -all Windows 7 updates installed
>
> Belkin F5U409-CU (Amazon.com $38.99)
> -Vista 32bit drivers directly from Belkin
>
> Baud rate set to 4800 / Com port 3

Glad this is working. Two comments:

(1) We *really* recommend getting the SN10-USB adapter.
Avoids any need for serial ports or computers at the airfield.

(2) Avoid 64-bit windows: I haven't got confirmation the
USB-serial drivers work, and our installer programs do not
(requires manual installation of SN10 utilities).

Hope this helps,
Best Regards, Dave

[Gaetan Trudel]

On 13 juil, 10:46, Dave Nadler > wrote:
> On Jul 11, 2:38*pm, Craig Reinholt > wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > I recently had my hard drive go down on my old Compaq laptop (w/
> > serial port) during my last contest. Fortunately, I had the SN10B USB
> > adapter as a backup to download my files. This worked just fine.
> > However, not having the laptop interface was making me nervous.
>
> > In the past, I have had ZERO luck with laptops and USB to Serial
> > adapters (hence the old Compaq), but thought I’d give it a go one more
> > time. I’ve wanted a Netbook, so I went to Costco and picked up an
> > Acer. The following setup worked flawlessly with the SN10B.
>
> > Acer AO532h-2268 Netbook (Costco $299.99)
> > -Windows 7 starter
> > -Bios upgraded to v1.24
> > -upgraded ram Corsair 2GB DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) / Newegg ($44.95)
> > * *http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233079
> > -all Windows 7 updates installed
>
> > Belkin F5U409-CU (Amazon.com $38.99)
> > -Vista 32bit drivers directly from Belkin
>
> > Baud rate set to 4800 / Com port 3
>
> Glad this is working. Two comments:
>
> (1) We *really* recommend getting the SN10-USB adapter.
> Avoids any need for serial ports or computers at the airfield.
>
> (2) Avoid 64-bit windows: I haven't got confirmation the
> USB-serial drivers work, and our installer programs do not
> (requires manual installation of SN10 utilities).
>
> Hope this helps,
> Best Regards, Dave- Masquer le texte des messages précédents -
>
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Hi
I just went trough this last month. I got a Radio Shack cable to
work but not the Staples one. After a lot of problem I found
the choice of com port was critical. My laptop has 29 com but all the
com from 0 to 6 did not work. My LX 5000 install
itself on com 18 for what ever reason but manually I got com 7-9-10 to
work. Also my old laptop had only 3 com. Plugging the cable before I
open the program LXE I use to connect to the instrument did not work.
Now it is the opposite I have to plug the cable before I open the LXE
program otherwise it install itself on com 3 and the instrument does
not reconize it. I hope this help.
S6