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jeffgod
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« on: November 20, 2009, 10:21:21 PM » |
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My current computer has serial ports. When upgrade this computer, will a USB to serial adapter work with WeatherLink?
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d_l
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« Reply #1 on: November 20, 2009, 10:28:59 PM » |
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Yes. As long as the adapter has good drivers for Vista or Win 7.
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--Dave--Wireless VP2 w/ solar, 24hr FARS, Heater, (Envoy-WLIP)*2-Meteohub, WL 6.0.0, WU & W4U= KNVRENO37 NetcamXLPeople always talk about the weather, but they never do anything about it. Not me. I'm gonna measure it. www.tceweather.com
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jeffgod
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« Reply #2 on: November 22, 2009, 07:42:09 PM » |
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Do you mean that the serial to USB adapter comes with or needs a set of drivers to operate properly? I am going to bypass Vista and go straight to Win 7. Hopefully that will save me some problems.
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d_l
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« Reply #3 on: November 22, 2009, 11:23:11 PM » |
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Yes it does. Jumping to Win 7 might put you out on the bleeding edge as far as driver development goes. You would think that serial-USB adapters would be some of the first devices to offer Win 7 certified drivers, but you never know.
I'm just cautioning that you research the Win 7 serial-USB driver problem reports before making the jump to the new OS. Frankly I'm not sure which of the serial-USB chip makers even have Win 7 drivers posted now if any?
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Bushman
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« Reply #4 on: November 23, 2009, 12:46:50 AM » |
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« Reply #5 on: November 23, 2009, 07:10:57 AM » |
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As a backup make sure your new pc has a few extra PCI slots... (at least 2, 3 better)
then you can get a serial port card...
and a Boltek
......and a player to be named later.
Andrew
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jeffgod
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« Reply #6 on: November 23, 2009, 09:20:10 PM » |
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Thank you, d_l, that is a good point you raise.
mackbig, I like the way you think!!! About the Boltek, I mean!!!
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DJMWX86
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« Reply #7 on: November 25, 2009, 12:43:25 AM » |
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My PC has USB and the Davis connection serial. I'm sure they make both connections for all types.
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