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Subject:	Any substitute to the default lego serial cable!
Newsgroups:	lugnet.robotics.rcx.java
Date:	Wed, 24 Jul 2002 13:49:37 GMT
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Hi, all! I've just bought and got a IR serial tower from bricklink but I haven't a default lego serial cable. Originally, I think ordinary RS-232 DB-9F to DB-9F cable can be used instead, but I fail to do the firmware downloading under Win98 RIS UI interface. Can anyone tell me is it necessary to use the default LEGO serial cable without any substitiution? Rgds, Laurence

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		Re: Any substitute to the default lego serial cable!
The cable is wired as a null modem cable (see (URL) If that's what you have, then it should work. A couple of other questions: 1. When you try to download the firmware does the green light on the tower come on? 2. Have you set RCXTTY to the correct (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)

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