USB to RS-232 Serial Adapter Advice

On Feb 23, 10:55*am, "Paul Remde" wrote:
Hi,

I have a friend that has an LX Colibri (the older model without a USB
connector) and he is having a tough time getting it connected to his new
laptop. *The manual I found online for the laptop does not show it having a
PC Card (PCMCIA card) slot or an ExpressCard slot.

I have had the best luck connecting to soaring instruments using either a PC
card serial port or an ExpressCard serial port.

I have not had any real success using a USB to RS-232 Serial adapter cable.
However, I have seen postings on this newsgroup from glider pilots that have
found USB to serial adapters that work well for them.

Please let me know if you have found a USB to Serial adapter that works well
for you with soaring instruments. *Please include the make and model #.

Thank you,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.

I used a Belkin adapter with mixed results with the Colibri. One of
the things to look at is the port that it gets assigned to. The
Belkin would get assigned comm port 3 or 4 and SeeYou would only let
you have options of 0 and 1 so would not recognise the unit. Wish
SeeYou would allow more port options. I could hard reassign the ports
and make it work.

I ended up back with the serial cable, but my old laptop still had a
serial port.