suunto dive manager & usb

> usb to serial adapter cable, i have now also purchased via ebay the usn to
> serial adapter cable and installed it and the driver it was supplied with
> i can find the adapter in device manager and it has been assigned com port
> 1 however i cannot get the dive manager software to find the pc interface
> anyone any ideas or solutions ??

You could try changing com ports. However, not all USB-Serial adaptors are
the same, and some just never work (the two i've tried I had absolutely no
luck with). I've never found one to work with it yet (mine's home-made
which will be a slightly different circuit but it does work on low-powered
ports on laptops so no reason not to work through USB), but I know some do.
Best bet is to find someone for who it does work, and get the exact same
brand / model of USB adaptor.

David

> usb to serial adapter cable, i have now also purchased via ebay the usn to
> serial adapter cable and installed it and the driver it was supplied with
> i can find the adapter in device manager and it has been assigned com port
> 1 however i cannot get the dive manager software to find the pc interface
> anyone any ideas or solutions ??

You could try changing com ports. However, not all USB-Serial adaptors are
the same, and some just never work (the two i've tried I had absolutely no
luck with). I've never found one to work with it yet (mine's home-made
which will be a slightly different circuit but it does work on low-powered
ports on laptops so no reason not to work through USB), but I know some do.
Best bet is to find someone for who it does work, and get the exact same
brand / model of USB adaptor.

David

> usb to serial adapter cable, i have now also purchased via ebay the usn to
> serial adapter cable and installed it and the driver it was supplied with
> i can find the adapter in device manager and it has been assigned com port
> 1 however i cannot get the dive manager software to find the pc interface
> anyone any ideas or solutions ??

You could try changing com ports. However, not all USB-Serial adaptors are
the same, and some just never work (the two i've tried I had absolutely no
luck with). I've never found one to work with it yet (mine's home-made
which will be a slightly different circuit but it does work on low-powered
ports on laptops so no reason not to work through USB), but I know some do.
Best bet is to find someone for who it does work, and get the exact same
brand / model of USB adaptor.

David

> usb to serial adapter cable, i have now also purchased via ebay the usn to
> serial adapter cable and installed it and the driver it was supplied with
> i can find the adapter in device manager and it has been assigned com port
> 1 however i cannot get the dive manager software to find the pc interface
> anyone any ideas or solutions ??

You could try changing com ports. However, not all USB-Serial adaptors are
the same, and some just never work (the two i've tried I had absolutely no
luck with). I've never found one to work with it yet (mine's home-made
which will be a slightly different circuit but it does work on low-powered
ports on laptops so no reason not to work through USB), but I know some do.
Best bet is to find someone for who it does work, and get the exact same
brand / model of USB adaptor.

David

> usb to serial adapter cable, i have now also purchased via ebay the usn to
> serial adapter cable and installed it and the driver it was supplied with
> i can find the adapter in device manager and it has been assigned com port
> 1 however i cannot get the dive manager software to find the pc interface
> anyone any ideas or solutions ??

You could try changing com ports. However, not all USB-Serial adaptors are
the same, and some just never work (the two i've tried I had absolutely no
luck with). I've never found one to work with it yet (mine's home-made
which will be a slightly different circuit but it does work on low-powered
ports on laptops so no reason not to work through USB), but I know some do.
Best bet is to find someone for who it does work, and get the exact same
brand / model of USB adaptor.

David

"Mark Wood" <mark.wood20@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:coa4ke$pug$1@hercules.btinternet.com...
> Hi all,
> Can anyone help me with the following problem, I have just purchased a
sony
> vaio laptop which has no serial port, before i bought the laptop i checked
> on the net and found various posts telling me that the suunto computer
> interface could be connected to a non serial ported laptop with the use of
a
> usb to serial adapter cable, i have now also purchased via ebay the usn to
> serial adapter cable and installed it and the driver it was supplied with
i
> can find the adapter in device manager and it has been assigned com port 1
> however i cannot get the dive manager software to find the pc interface
> anyone any ideas or solutions ??
> Regards
> Mark

Aye.

Check for any other listeners on COM1 - things like digital camera software,
mobile phone or PDA syncs, that kind of thing. You will find them in the
system tray on the start bar at the right hand side.

Disable them and try again.

Also set the COM Delay in SDM to its maximum (50) - usually helps.

Have fun.

CAS
--
http://divesite.calumscott.me.uk

"Mark Wood" <mark.wood20@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:coa4ke$pug$1@hercules.btinternet.com...
> Hi all,
> Can anyone help me with the following problem, I have just purchased a
sony
> vaio laptop which has no serial port, before i bought the laptop i checked
> on the net and found various posts telling me that the suunto computer
> interface could be connected to a non serial ported laptop with the use of
a
> usb to serial adapter cable, i have now also purchased via ebay the usn to
> serial adapter cable and installed it and the driver it was supplied with
i
> can find the adapter in device manager and it has been assigned com port 1
> however i cannot get the dive manager software to find the pc interface
> anyone any ideas or solutions ??
> Regards
> Mark

Aye.

Check for any other listeners on COM1 - things like digital camera software,
mobile phone or PDA syncs, that kind of thing. You will find them in the
system tray on the start bar at the right hand side.

Disable them and try again.

Also set the COM Delay in SDM to its maximum (50) - usually helps.

Have fun.

CAS
--
http://divesite.calumscott.me.uk

"Mark Wood" <mark.wood20@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:coa4ke$pug$1@hercules.btinternet.com...
> Hi all,
> Can anyone help me with the following problem, I have just purchased a
sony
> vaio laptop which has no serial port, before i bought the laptop i checked
> on the net and found various posts telling me that the suunto computer
> interface could be connected to a non serial ported laptop with the use of
a
> usb to serial adapter cable, i have now also purchased via ebay the usn to
> serial adapter cable and installed it and the driver it was supplied with
i
> can find the adapter in device manager and it has been assigned com port 1
> however i cannot get the dive manager software to find the pc interface
> anyone any ideas or solutions ??
> Regards
> Mark

Aye.

Check for any other listeners on COM1 - things like digital camera software,
mobile phone or PDA syncs, that kind of thing. You will find them in the
system tray on the start bar at the right hand side.

Disable them and try again.

Also set the COM Delay in SDM to its maximum (50) - usually helps.

Have fun.

CAS
--
http://divesite.calumscott.me.uk

"Mark Wood" <mark.wood20@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:coa4ke$pug$1@hercules.btinternet.com...
> Hi all,
> Can anyone help me with the following problem, I have just purchased a
sony
> vaio laptop which has no serial port, before i bought the laptop i checked
> on the net and found various posts telling me that the suunto computer
> interface could be connected to a non serial ported laptop with the use of
a
> usb to serial adapter cable, i have now also purchased via ebay the usn to
> serial adapter cable and installed it and the driver it was supplied with
i
> can find the adapter in device manager and it has been assigned com port 1
> however i cannot get the dive manager software to find the pc interface
> anyone any ideas or solutions ??
> Regards
> Mark

Aye.

Check for any other listeners on COM1 - things like digital camera software,
mobile phone or PDA syncs, that kind of thing. You will find them in the
system tray on the start bar at the right hand side.

Disable them and try again.

Also set the COM Delay in SDM to its maximum (50) - usually helps.

Have fun.

CAS
--
http://divesite.calumscott.me.uk

"Mark Wood" <mark.wood20@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:coa4ke$pug$1@hercules.btinternet.com...
> Hi all,
> Can anyone help me with the following problem, I have just purchased a
sony
> vaio laptop which has no serial port, before i bought the laptop i checked
> on the net and found various posts telling me that the suunto computer
> interface could be connected to a non serial ported laptop with the use of
a
> usb to serial adapter cable, i have now also purchased via ebay the usn to
> serial adapter cable and installed it and the driver it was supplied with
i
> can find the adapter in device manager and it has been assigned com port 1
> however i cannot get the dive manager software to find the pc interface
> anyone any ideas or solutions ??
> Regards
> Mark

Aye.

Check for any other listeners on COM1 - things like digital camera software,
mobile phone or PDA syncs, that kind of thing. You will find them in the
system tray on the start bar at the right hand side.

Disable them and try again.

Also set the COM Delay in SDM to its maximum (50) - usually helps.

Have fun.

CAS
--
http://divesite.calumscott.me.uk