what i need

[Rodalice3]

have new laptop,windows vista,i see there is no serial port,just usb.want to program my captiveworks600sp premium,bought a cable it says usb to rs232.has female 9 pin one end and the usb other.will this work to program stb.if not can someone tell me what i need to program stb

thank you
have a great day

[Centauri]

The USB-Serial cable you bought should be ok. Do you have a driver CD for it?

You also need a Null Modem cable to use with that USB-Serial cable. (Both together)

Should work

[kronic]

Centauri is correct,

also the usb-serial HAS TO BE USED in conjunction with the null cable,
you CAN'T use just the usb adapter, won't work, so when you get the adapter REMEMBER to put the "null" on it before you try programming your stb :),....

[Rodalice3]

hooked up usb to serial with my null cable,installed driver ,shows found new hardware on taskbar,open up loader,loaded latest program and hit start,nothing happens.do i need to change something in device manager,cause i tried 6 different com ports,nothing happens.

thank you
have a great day

[Centauri]

Ok try this.

Plug your USB-Serial into a USB slot. Don't plug the other end to the receiver.
Now try this:

1) Go to Control Panel
2) Double click on System
3) Click on the [HARDWARE] tab then [DEVISE MANAGER]
4) Hit the [+] sign on {Ports(Com&LPT)}
5) Double click on your USB-Serial comm if its there
6) Hit the [PORT SETTINGS] Tab and click on [ADVANCED]
7) Change your com port setting and hit [OK]

Now try loading a file and Let me know

[Rodalice3]

no go,also there was no driver cd with it.downloaded driver for usb-serial.also in device manager ,ports,usb serial com isnt there.i also tried it on my sesktop,xp,.i bought 3 cables and tried them all,which i got from a sponser of site.same thing.i do get on bottom of taskbar,new hardware found and ready to use.

thank you
have a great day

[Centauri]

Before you tried my suggestion above, did you Plug your USB-Serial into a USB slot??
Once that USB-Serial adapter is disconnected from the computer, it disappears from the device manager as well.

I'm trying to understand your last post.
Did you install a driver or NoT?
You need a driver

[Rodalice3]

heres order how i did it.plugged in usb to serial cable,said found new hardware on right lower taskbar.inserted disk that came with cable.installed driver.at end wizard says harware installed ,ready to use.hooked up usb-serial cable to null modem cable to receiver.went in to device manager,ports,then it says semitech usb-hid-> com device(com4).exited out,open loader,click on latest bin file
change port setting to 4,hit start nothing.this im all doing on desktop windows xp.

thank you,
have a great day

[Centauri]

Try going back to the devise manager and select a different com port.

Its possible com 4 is in use. :noclue:
Reboot the PC and try again

[Centauri]

Down below is a copy/paste someone wrote up about this that helped him. Perhaps you can try his method:

aceinlacey
i have had no trouble with the coolsat4000 or 5000.once all hardware installed,which i found went easily with unit connect to usb port via sreial it was recognized quicker by software being slipped in after all connection made.

if i use a different usb port I click on outdetect on loader,it finds where i am connected,then browse and load file...

this has worked for me on my desktop and on laptops where you require adapter for sure..

foung software would not load correctly twice until reciever was attached to puter via usb-serial,powered on,slip in usb-serial disc ,and then it loads correctly

this has been done on 1-4000 and 2-5000,s with no issues.

hope this directs you in the right direction along with a lot of other support and stickys above every support for any peticular model.

[kronic]

k, here's a couple things that might help,

first have you tried to load it in "stand-by" mode instead of "boot" mode?,
if not give it a try, put the stb in stand-by then try loading the bin,
if that does'nt work here is a link that MAY give you an answer,

http://www.dssgeeks.com/forums/usb-serial-driver-t29207/index.html?
p=102895#post102895

also here's a pdf I found that also looks lie it may be of some help,....

[Centauri]

Nice find Kronic. I'm gonna add this to my usb to serial sticky topic .

Hope you don't mind

[Rodalice3]

first good day to all.its another day.just to let you know i followed kronics link above installed driver,plugged in usb-serial cable,when i go to device manager,down to ports,click on it,the only 2 things there is,1)communications port(com1) and below that is printer port,nothing else.im also using d-link dsb-h4 usb hub,if this makes a difference

thank you
have agreat day

[Centauri]

Explain to me what USB-Seial cable you have? Some of the cheaper brands won't work with FTA.

Here are some example USB to Serial cables that are known to work well with FTA receivers.
http://www.thesourcecc.com/estore/product.aspx?language=en-CA&product=2608042&catalog=Online&tab=1#more
http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0926INGFS10059744&catid=20168#
http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=281230

[Rodalice3]

the cable is one i bought off one your sponsers.it was less than 12.00,so your right,the old saying comes into play here,you get what you pay for.will get another one and try that.thank you all for your response and info.will let you know if the better one will do the trick.

have a great day