Ian

[jap64]

Ive recently had a stroke, soI am off work with plenty of time on my hands.

I have an old astra 19.2, hotbird system I have decided to reactivate, which is hooked up to an old echostar 2110 ci viaccess reciever , okay here comes the problem. How do I get the updated software from the pc to the receiver.

I understand there is a serial port on the back of the receiver, but cant find one on the pc , unless the monitor port doubles as this also, although I have noticed you can buy serial port to usb cables, which sound a lot easier, but would these work.

Any help gratefully received

Kind Regards
Ian

 

[Llew]

Hi Ian, sorry to hear about your stroke.

Unfortunately serial port transfer is the only way you can update your software, over-the-air updating from Echostar used to be possible but not now.

Many PC motherboards have a serial port header to connect to an RS232 backplate on a PC, possibly you have one.

Not sure about Serial port to USB, may be OK.

 

[Analoguesat]

Modern computers dont have serial ports - its outdated technology.

USB - serial adaptors sometimes work, sometimes they dont - you would need to buy one and try it.

Best of luck with your recovery - I had a small stroke in Sept 2004 and it was one of the most frightening things that has every happened to me.

 

[Llew]

Modern computers dont have serial ports - its outdated technology.

Gigabyte still do serial and parallel connectors on their mobos, I bought a new one quite recently with them on. My last Gigabyte had the serial header, and the optional RS232 backplate (thank goodness, a much needed item for my STB's

 

[jap64]

Excuse my ignorance Llew, so the port that the monitor connects to on the back of the pc is not a serial port then.

Regards
Ian

 

[Llew]

No, it's only for your monitor, nothing to do with serial output(RS232).

 

[jap64]

Cheers Llew that clears a lot up, luckily I think there is a serial port on my old pc, if the usb conversion one doesnt work.

Ian

 

[jap64]

Thanks for the info mate

Ian

 

[Llew]

OK Ian, best of luck. Keep well