Has anyone ever tried to connect to the Rotels to update the firmware using a USB to serial adapter? I'm looking to buy a laptop and not all of them come with a serial port anymore which might not be a problem if the converters work properly.
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Andrew,
I don't have a direct repsonse to your question but have read some posts on other reflectors where people are trying to get COM port capability to talk to extrernal equipment. As you say, COM ports are becoming quite rare on laptops. From what I have read, people have had success with USB->COM adaptors. But their success seems dependent on the laptop (and version of WIN) as well as the application they are running (some are trying to run older DOS applications on WIN98 machines).
So I think you can get there - it may just take some tweaking. Possibly a better (more robust?) solution is to use a PCMCIA-COM adaptor. They too can be found.
I think the moral is to but the adaptor locally and be prepared to return it for another!
Good luck,
Jeff -
FYI I ended up with a Dell laptop that didn't have a serial port so I bought a Targus Port Replicator from Dell. I don't know if that would work with the Rotel or not but it didn't work for my pronto so I'm returning it. I ended up with a Keyspan USB to Serial adapter and it works great for both the pronto and Rotel
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OK I would like to hear from people who have successfully used a USB to serial adapter/converter cable to update the firmware on their 10 or 15 series processor or AVR. I want to be able to use my laptop to do this update which is Vista 64bit. I am trying to update my RSP-1069
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I have an HP laptop with no serial port. I need to update a 1570. Thank you. -
I just got a new laptop and need to make come changes to my remote. I bought a USB/serial connector/adapter since my laptop only has USB ports but for some reason it cannot connect to my remote?
Am I supposed to make any additional setting changes?
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Long time reader... first time poster...
Lets assume I calculated a port length of 30 inches (just a nice round number for discussion purposes). And in my port length calculations, I used an end correction factor for a port with two flared ends.
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I am about to upgrade the firmware for the first time. I don't have a serial port on my PC but have a serial to USB adapter. Will this work? I know some people have had problems.
Alternatively, I could get a RJ45 to USB adapter and forget the Rotel cable. Has anyone tried this?
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