topic Re: usb to serial adapter on A215Z in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.ua/t5/pcs-accessories/usb-to-serial-adapter-on-a215z/m-p/107467#M120499 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I know nothing about this device but have had similar problems with CNC equipment.<BR /><BR />COM1 &amp; 2 may be reserved for a docking station and COM3 or 4 could be used for the internal modem. I would try setting the USB adapter as COM5 - 8 and try setting the program to use those ports.<BR /><BR />Also, make sure that the speed is set to 9600 baud and the receive &amp; transmit buffers are set to low.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 29 Nov 2004 23:09:02 GMT robpaxton 2004-11-29T23:09:02Z usb to serial adapter on A215Z https://community.sony.ua/t5/pcs-accessories/usb-to-serial-adapter-on-a215z/m-p/107466#M120498 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Has anyone any advice or ideas on a problem i am currently having getting a usb to serial adapter cable to work correctly on my A215Z, The cable is needed to connect a pc interface used to download from my suunto scuba diving computer, i cannot get the thing to work i have installed the drivers that came with the adapter cable and can find it in device manager where it assigns itself as com1 but now matter what i try i cannot get the dive computers pc interface to connect with its software through the adapter cable, the software will only use com ports 1 to 8 so does anyone know what these port numbers are used for by the laptop ?? or has anyone with a simaler laptop solved this problem for themselves ??<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 29 Nov 2004 22:01:53 GMT https://community.sony.ua/t5/pcs-accessories/usb-to-serial-adapter-on-a215z/m-p/107466#M120498 mark.wood20 2004-11-29T22:01:53Z Re: usb to serial adapter on A215Z https://community.sony.ua/t5/pcs-accessories/usb-to-serial-adapter-on-a215z/m-p/107467#M120499 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I know nothing about this device but have had similar problems with CNC equipment.<BR /><BR />COM1 &amp; 2 may be reserved for a docking station and COM3 or 4 could be used for the internal modem. I would try setting the USB adapter as COM5 - 8 and try setting the program to use those ports.<BR /><BR />Also, make sure that the speed is set to 9600 baud and the receive &amp; transmit buffers are set to low.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 29 Nov 2004 23:09:02 GMT https://community.sony.ua/t5/pcs-accessories/usb-to-serial-adapter-on-a215z/m-p/107467#M120499 robpaxton 2004-11-29T23:09:02Z