can you use your printer port for magasquirt as my laptop doesnt have a rs232 port. on megasquirt software it just lists com ports
adam

[Edited on 26/6/07 by oadamo]

in a word no.

I bought a usb to serial converter from Maplin on Saturday that works ok.

Ive used a usb converter with megajolt but others have had problems getting them to work.

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Originally posted by scottc
in a word no.

I bought a usb to serial converter from Maplin on Saturday that works ok.

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hmmm. the only number on it is D700D57405

I'll have a look on their website for you.

http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?ModuleNo=29968&doy=26m6#overview

When I installed it it wanted to use com port 11. megatune wouldn't connect to MS on Com 11. so I changed the adapter to be Com 4. This then worked.

but scott did it not disconnect a few times......



.....or was that my shoddy wiring??

Think it was me playing around with the laptop. Rebooted the laptop and it was ok.

Have a search for old posts on usb and megasquirt; one exists which talks about the adapters all being made by the same or a small number of companies. I remember being being instructed to download the drivers from the web and not using the supplied drivers.

Anyway, I bought a very cheap usb serial connector from ebay and followed those instructions and it hs always worked perfectly. Good luck.

Steve

thanks all looks like a trip to the shops tomorrow lol.
adam