USB to Serial Cable Problems

harrylewis01 · Post by **harrylewis01** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 7:23 pm

Still having problems with Windows Vista usb to serial cable
Now Iv'e spent $175 on 3 tunes for my Diablosport and cant install these tunes into my Daiblosport because I have Vista?
Does anyone know where I can buy a compatible cable or what do I do now!!!!??????????

chopper_man · Post by **chopper_man** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 7:59 pm

I use this one at work all the time for the Cisco gear I work on. http://www.microcenter.com/single_produ ... id=0202209
What issues are you having with yours? If it's recognized by the system it could just be a matter of adjusting the settings.

harrylewis01 · Post by **harrylewis01** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 8:02 pm

I have a radio shack usb to serial cable. vista wont recognize it.
If you look for a vista compatible cable, they are hard to find and radio shack doesnt offer a vista driver.

chopper_man · Post by **chopper_man** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 10:20 pm

It's not the "cable" thats certified it's the driver. Did you look at the mfr's website for an updated one? I'm showing a startech and cables to go on rS's website. Both of those are vista supported with the right drivers.

harrylewis01 · Post by **harrylewis01** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 11:51 pm

Thats what I thought also, I mean a wire is a wire right?
I tried downloading 2 different vista supported drivers and no luck.
I know the cable is good (radio shack) as my son uses it to tune his riceburner, but hes not here hes at school. Other forumns say the radio shack cable does not work in vista either so it must be more han a wire is a wire thing.....????

chopper_man · Post by **chopper_man** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 11:52 pm

Which one do you have?

johnc · Post by **johnc** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 9:39 am

Please see the USB-to-Serial Cable Drivers FAQ

harrylewis01 · Post by **harrylewis01** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 5:48 pm

JohnC
Great reply
However do you know how hard it is to find a USB to Serial cable that is vista compatible?
I wonder if I just use a USB cable and put a serial to usb adapter on my diablosport
?

johnc · Post by **johnc** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 5:55 pm

Some (if not all) of the Radio Shack cables are Vista compatible, that is probably your best bet. Just read the fine print on the back to make sure it supports Vista before you plunk your money down.

harrylewis01 · Post by **harrylewis01** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 9:17 pm

FYI
Check to computer forums
I already have a radio shack cable, and vista has issues with usb to serail cables
Radio Shack cables even tell you they are not vista compatible.
Even the link from Diablosport says most usb to serail cables do not support vista!

johnc · Post by **johnc** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 6:32 pm

The Sewell cable that we sell does have Vista drivers. But most people want to run to the store so that they do not have to wait for it to arrive in the mail.

only1d1 · Post by **only1d1** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 4:37 am

make sure before you install the drivers that came with the RADIO SHACK cable that you remove the drivers for all the "cables" that you have already tried. Once you do that install from radio shack disk, restart, and plug in. DONT FORGET TO CHECK WHAT PORT # the cable is plugged into and its baud rate. You have to have these set up to match the ones ion your pred or it will not connect.

kevworthy · Post by **kevworthy** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 2:33 am

I bought mine off ebay from china, and vista found the driver for me......

cole · Post by **cole** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 4:28 pm

To let those know Vista does not run drivers for hardware in the System 32 folder. It will want the drivers installed locally under your C:\ drive. Vista has the ability to change the installer path to put the drivers. But it does this on its own. If you had the individual drivers available then you can put them in a local folder and windows/vista will find them automatically.

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