SN10B laptop replacement

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/Produc...82E16820233079
-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

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.

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/Produc...82E16820233079
-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

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/Produc...82E16820233079
-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