I guess what they're using is a serial driver board, yup you can build one,
but easier and more likely cheaper to buy.
There's some USB cell phone cables that have built in driver boards that
might also work...
CR
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 7:10 PM
Subject: Re: [F500] Digitron to PC cable
Ya,
That was my first thought. I borrowed a cable from a guy at work, his son
races karts. So I go to ohm it out, only to find no continuity on the
center
conductor. I took off the back shell and was suprised to see a circuit
board
with two transistors and a bunch of diodes and resistors. So I just put
it
back together again.
Things went down hill from there. I don't have a laptop so I had a guy,
one
of my crew members, from work, load the software from digitrons site on
to
his computer. We hooked it up and did a down load from the Digitron. Got
a
error msg stating that the data was corrupt. So we did another down load
and saved the second down load data over the first one. Could not get the
display to store the setup data. Finally called Digitron. He said just
upload the original data back into the display. OOPPS, wrote over it, so
now we are waiting for a update to the operating system code so we can
upload and download without errors. The guy at Digitron (Ken) said he
would
send the file to my crewman, but it did not arrive today. Maybe this
weekend.
I sure hope so, as I must get the car ready and loaded on the trailer this
next week.
I still need a cable, guess I will just have to buy a new one from
Digitron.
Richard
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Reinhardt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 2:24 PM
Subject: Re: [F500] Digitron to PC cable
Richard, if it's a BNC to DB9, I would pretty easy make up. Get a BNC
and
DB9 from Radio Shack and go from the BNC to pins 2/3 of the DB9, swap
them
if it doesn't work. Does the cable work as send and receive, or just
download to PC?
CR
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 10:54 PM
Subject: [F500] Digitron to PC cable
> Does anyone have a Digitron to PC download cable that just taking up
room
> and would like to sell ?
>
> This is the one that has a white BNC connector on one end and a 9pin DB
> type
> (RS232) connector on the other.
>
> Please contact me soon. Would like to have it before the double
regional
> at
> RA Aug 25, 26.
>
> Richard Schmidt
> 763-473-8984
> e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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