Serial to USB for both BC250D and BC796D

[MetalCarnage]

i am tired of always having to have my scanners at my pc to program since i have two perfectly good laptops to do it from, however, due to the fact serial is obsolete i only have USB on both laptops. Does anyone have success with those Serial to USB converters they sell at RatShack and using them with ARC software, i really want to be able to program on the road, such a pain to manually enter in crap.

 

[DaveIN]

Yes, the radioshack USB to Serial cable works well, but is a little pricey. It also uses a floppy to install the driver, but you can download the driver from the RadioShack web site as well.

http://www.radioshack.com/product/i...rial+cable&kw=usb+to+serial+cable&tab=support

There are others available cheaper at Best Buy, Circuit City, Office Max, etc.

 

[JHaislet]

Here's what I've been using. Uses the same USB bridge chip and drivers as the Uniden USB cable (I actually got the drivers from Uniden). Just plug in the serial cable to the end of this and your ready to go. I too use a laptop for programing and this cable has worked great for both flashing & programing the BCD396T.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16812149115

 

[MetalCarnage]

Thanks all for the responses, going to pick one up from best buy, only close option i have other then rat shacky

 

[DaveIN]

After you install your driver look for the com port number to be 4 and above. It usually starts from there. You can usually find it in the Windows system devices, under com ports, once it's installed.

 

[garys]

Here's what I've been using. Uses the same USB bridge chip and drivers as the Uniden USB cable (I actually got the drivers from Uniden).

I think that's pretty much the one I bought on Ebay. It uses a FTDI chip set, which a lot of converters do. Works fine.

Gary