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[Videogamingtown]

I have a comag sl 35 and bought a serial(rs232) to usb cable with a gender changer because i dont have a serial port in my laptop . i plug in the cable to my recevier and the usb cable to my laptop then i checked which com port i had and it was com 4 so i opened winupload and changed to com 4 and tried to upload the patch... i get this error :

error(-4)
Problem : No Response from target
Solution: Make sure target loader is running properly
Connect your serial cable properly
port settings are not correct
resetting the target

just wondering do i need to do something with the reciever because i have it on sky news which is a fta channel .. am i missing something? please respond

 

[waelali]

Hi Videogamingtown ,
I just wondering if you solved your problem yet. If so plz tell me how, since I ve the same problem but I didnt buy the adapter yet.

Thanks in advance Videogamingtown

Best Regards

 

[rolfw]

Not 100% sure, as I haven't owned one of these, but in most cases, you need to start with the receiver switched off at the mains, start the program and then switch the receiver on at the mains.

 

[Robbo]

The receivers with the RS232 port normally require the use of a null-modem cable, rather than a gender bender.

The RX and TX wires (amongst others) get swapped over.

Robbo