Re: serial to usb adaptor?
- From: Rikishi 42 <skunkworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:11:15 +0200
On 2008-04-08, Vince Coen <VBCoenDespawn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Anyone know of a adaptor that will allow a RS232 device (uses a 25 pin plugI think that's a much better solution anyway. It's likely to be easier to
but can convert that to 9 pin) to send data to a USB printer.
Nope, its not that simple:
The device has settings via a dip switch to change:
baud rate
Stop bits
data bits (even/odd)
Printer/PC bit
etc
It is NOT a PC device. It is connected to a burglar alarm and will allow me to
print out the set up and error logs. It should be connected to a serial
printer but these are now getting quite hard to find cheaply.
So this means that the adaptor must work without the use of a device driver.
I'm hoping I can just connect any USB printer and it will do a basic printout.
Can anyone help with this?
My only other option (if it would work) is to connect the RS232 port to a 9
pin serial port of a laptop and use Hyperlink or minicom to mimic a printer
and capture the output and then print it off if needed.
connect a laptop for a few minutes, rather then move a printer. And second,
you might be ablt to use that computer to setup the alarm, if it allows
that.
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