OnDigital IR reciever serial connector convert to USB or Parralel?

ruairi · 03-08-2005, 01:49 PM

I've just got a Ondigital remote, but I don't have a serial port on my laptop. I've seen people post about using a Sega controller connection on the reciever to make it a USB connection. Can anyone tell me if this was successful? Seems like soem people have sold their Ondgital remotes?

Does anyone have a suggestion about converting the serial connector so I can use it with the parellel port on the laptop?

Thanks!

antimatter · 03-08-2005, 03:50 PM

Why not just a standard serial to USB convertor.

ruairi · 03-08-2005, 04:45 PM

I read a post that said the serial to USB converter won't not help.

MatrixPC mentioned in this thread that a serial USB converter won't work with ONDigital, is this correct?

http://mp3car.com/vbulletin/showthre...USB#post334965

Quote:

In my term, "real" serial/com port is one that is on the mobo aka RS-232 or one of those IO add on card.
USB <-> Serial adapter is not. Those are virtual/emulate COM port. The serial receiver doesn't work with this type of COM ports.

frodobaggins · 03-09-2005, 12:17 AM

Serial usb convertor should work fine.