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Re: USB->Serial converters and IR Tower
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 31 Dec 1999 10:29:31 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Peter Vogel writes:
> Hi!
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> Anyone else tried connecting to the IR tower via a USB -> Serial converter?
>
> I've been trying with an Entrega U1S9 (USB->9 pin serial) because my
> primary
> robotics machine is a Sony Vaio laptop and I HATE having to hook up the port
> expander just to connect the IR tower, I'd like to just plug the tower into
> the
> USB port (via the converter, permanently hooked up to the IR tower). The
> green light comes on when I test communications, but both Robolab and
> the RIS software complain of garbled communications. I'll try NQC next
> (I've
> been resisting NQC because my intent is to use the RIS at my daughter's
> elementary school (possibly sponsoring and coaching an FLL team) and I
> don't want to think in NQC, but rather in Robolab (easier since I used to
> work
> for National Instruments).
>
> Thanks in advance for any ideas/suggestions. (Yes, the com port from the
> USB->Serial is within the supported range (COM1, actually, I modified the
> BIOS to toss the builtin (but accessible only via the port expander) COM
> port up to COM4).
Yes, I have had allmost exactly the same combination working fine. I have the
'combi' USB box (serial/parallel port), and the smallest VAIO, and used this
to take some software up to my niece over christmas, with no problems. There
are some 'differences' about the serial port, and I found I had to use the
very latest drivers from Entrega (the ones supplied gave errors). I didn't
'relocate' the default port, but manually set the port number in the Robolab
settings.
Best Wishes
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