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The Prolific adapter sold by SewellDirect (pn SW-1301) won't work on my Sony VAIO no matter how I configure it. It'll pass the loopback but won't communicate with the MS/MSII. Same blue casing and clear cable.

Too bad...
I had the same problem until I saw one of Eric's posts regarding a setting ...

Guyz I have a laptop that does not have a serial port......so can I use a USB to serial port convertor to do this or how???? :? :? Please help me to solve this problem. :cry: :cry:

Thank U....

The problem I am seeing is that the com port is a moving target. Seems like everytime I run MT the MS ...

Here's something that is helping me cope with the wandering com port syndrome. (That's what happens when you change your usb connections frequently and the com port assigned to your MS becomes a pseudo-random number).

Put on your desktop a shortcut to the System folder. To do this go to control ...

MegaScott wrote:To change your comm port number on a Prolific usb-serial converter-...................

Thanks, Scott. Worked fine. We'll see if it stays that way.

1/2/05 update. Well, it didn't. Most recent startup it was a com7. Never seen that particular com port before!

I've never heard of the numbers going over 9, I'll change it so that
99 is the max.

Is there any pattern as to when or why they change, maybe a reboot?

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Eric Fahlgren http://www.not2fast.com/



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Eric:

If there is a pattern, I've yet to catch it. I think it depends on ...

MegaScott wrote:You can go into the driver and make it whatever com port you want. What usb-serial device are you using, and what is your OS?

Scott: (I assume you were responding to my post.) I am using the Prolific usb-serial cable. OS is WinXP Pro. When you say "go into the driver" how do I do that?

Guyz I have a laptop that does not have a serial port......so can I use a USB to serial port convertor to do this or how???? :? :? Please help me to solve this problem. :cry: :cry:

Thank U....

The problem I am seeing is that the com port is a moving target. Seems like everytime I run MT the MS ...