Serial Adapter

[jerry2500]

I just got HPTuner and i have a Belkin USB to Serial adapter. Everytime i go to connect windows XP freezes. Is there anything i need to set or change ?

[EpOcH]

Belkin (and Taurus) is one of those *stay away from* brands that HPTuners seem to mention there are issues with.

To Hard lock Windows XP your creating a good hardware failure, make sure you havnt set the serial adapter to the same com number/irq as something else in the system, there are some setup guides for what settings you need if you do a search.

How do you have it configured ?

Ross

[Casey]

The bluescreen or reset is a windows memory error.

I have found that changing the mode to compatible mode instead of bulk, and lowering the tx,rx buffers helps those units a lot. Check the configuration software that comes with that unit for help on these settings.

Still, I prefer to use other brand names (like Keyspan).

Ken

[jerry2500]

Thanks, I'll try that. If that doesn't work I'll get the Keyspan.

[geldingmakr]

I got the belkin i bought friday to work like a champ, i kept trying it cause i am so impatient....

no store in my area had anything but the belkin...

I got it on clearance at office max for $5.00

and i got the blue screen of death several times over the last 2
days just trying to read the VCM


belkin
usb PDA Adapter

Part # F5U109


today I decided to look for a new driver that was xp logo tested...
and and i found one... I uninstalled the original...

and down loaded F5U409_XP.EXE from the belkin website...

http://web.belkin.com/support/downlo...701&lang=1

then before anything I adjusted these settings in the device manager.


Bits per Second : 115200
Data Bits : 8
Parity : None
Stop Bits: 1
Flow Control : None

Advanced...
Use compatible buffers : check the box
Recieve Buffer : 8
Transmit Buffer : 16


now it works like a charm...

[MustangEater82]

Off hand anyone have problems with a DYNEX adapter?

DX-UBDB9 ?

[rckrzy1]

I just bought a POS off ebay, the cable / dongle was about $10 shipped, it would not work at all with hptuner or tunercat. I took it to work and put a data line monitor on it, found TX and RX data shorted. Sent it back and ordered a keyspan from thenerds.net for $35.46 shipped.

Also tested a radio shack, it worked Ok with hptuner but blue screen
crashed XP when I tried tunercat.

[Hot_Karl]

Off hand anyone have problems with a DYNEX adapter?

DX-UBDB9 ?

works like a champ. 35 bucks is the bad part >