lesm Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 hi i am still using dasher at the moment until dan bring out the dio-32 hopefully this year ?if i dont get the dio-32 i will have to use dasher again with my light-o-rama cards only problem is i have a new pc with no serial ports.i no i can use light-o-rama with usb but can i use dasher ?please help.and dan will we have the dio-32 this year pleaseles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyfunk Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Just FYI, as we all need a serial port at times:http://www.keyspan.com/products/usa19hs/I have used this item for a very long time and it works great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Fortenbach Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 If your new computer has PCI slots, you can get a serial port card from Ebay or Amazon. They are cheap, about $10 for a 2 port card. Be careful, the one I purchased from Ebay did not come with the correct drivers, I had to find them online.But overall I'm happy, my computer now 4 has RS232 ports (LOR, Dasher, BetaBrite, and a spare). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesm Posted January 17, 2009 Author Share Posted January 17, 2009 i got the pci card with 2 serial port going to try it out today.thanks les m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank A. Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 PCI card good choice. But if you have problems I am using a Radio ShackUSB to serial convertor to control my x10 hardware in LOR sequences.Frank A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightORamaDan Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 A USB to RS232 adapter is the way we test things like that and it seems to work well.Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesm Posted January 21, 2009 Author Share Posted January 21, 2009 dan when will the dio 32 be out ?thanks les m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyfunk Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 lesm wrote: dan when will the dio 32 be out ?thanks les mI heard it will be out by February 29th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightORamaDan Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 lesm wrote: dan when will the dio 32 be out ?thanks les mThe cards have been manufactured and we are doing the final firmware. It will be soon. They will be on sale during the summer sale and we may have a special sale on them earlier (but no promise on the early sale). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponddude Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 LightORamaDan wrote: lesm wrote: dan when will the dio 32 be out ?thanks les mThe cards have been manufactured and we are doing the final firmware. It will be soon. They will be on sale during the summer sale and we may have a special sale on them earlier (but no promise on the early sale).Why do you tease me so much!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanCampbell Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Ponddude wrote: Why do you tease me so much!!At least nobody fell for the 2/29 date in this thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponddude Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Especially seeing as I was one of them...LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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