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USB to RS232 adapter

cisco_dogcisco_dog Member Posts: 24 ■□□□□□□□□□
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Hi,

I have got one of these adapters, going to be using it from monday onwards but I havent got any cisco hardware to do a dummy run before then. Does anyone have any experience with these?

This is what I get at the moment.
Drivers have installed correctly, when I plug it in it appears in 'device manager' like so:
Ports (COMs and LPT) -> Prolific USB-to-Serial...(COM4)

And in HyperTerminal COM4 now appears and I can setup a connection (but of course there is nothing at the other end of the blue cable).

Is this now up and running or is there anything else I have to do? Some reviews of these adapters have mentioned having to assign a port for it, but has that happened automatically?

Cheers for any help
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    spd3432spd3432 Member Posts: 224
    If device manager found it and assigned it a com port you're golden. Just need PuTTY or something to use to make the actual connection but you should be fine.
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    stlsmoorestlsmoore Member Posts: 515 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Yup you're good to go, but like spd3432 mentioned; get yourself Putty and don't use that nasty HyperTerminal unless you have too.
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    cisco_dogcisco_dog Member Posts: 24 ■□□□□□□□□□
    Will do. Thanks for the advice.
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    networker050184networker050184 Mod Posts: 11,962 Mod
    Grab yourself Xshel rather than PuTTY. Free for home use! It's my preffered free terminal emulator.
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    stlsmoorestlsmoore Member Posts: 515 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Wow I never heard of that until now, I'll check it out as well. I've been looking for a good free term emulator for a while now that had tabbing but the ones I found all frustrated me.
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    Ls1raiderLs1raider Member Posts: 13 ■□□□□□□□□□
    Just got mine in the mail today. I used putty and it worked just fine once i entered the corresponding COM port number. Enjoy!
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