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<blockquote data-quote="Tuzert" data-source="post: 96593" data-attributes="member: 188645"><p>I try to answer to your questions:</p><p></p><p>1. Yes, it is natural that WinXP does not recognise the "Tethys Alpha FTA" receiver because this receiver is not a device ("périphérique" in french) of the PC.</p><p>2. You obtain the message "COM1 not ready" because you have not connected the RS-232 cable to the COM1 connector located on the back panel of your PC tower. Perhaps, you have connected to the COM2 connector and you do not know it! Thera are usually two serial ports on the back panel : COM1 and COM2 (Pay attention !!)</p><p>3. There can be another reason you obtain the "COM1 not ready" message : </p><p>your RS-232 cable is a "crossed" RS-232 cable! In fact, you must have a "straight" RS-232 cable for this operation and not a "crossed" RS-232 cable.</p><p>(The crossed RS-232 cable is only useful if you want to transfer the software + data from one receiver to another)</p><p>4. Do not forget, your receiver must be powered on, I mean the little light in the display of Tethys must be green and not red! </p><p>5. Technically, the receiver is not visible by the PC. The only thing that the PC sees is that data is copied through the COM1 or COM2 serial port.</p><p>The RS-232 cable can be permanently connected to the PC. In this case, you are always ready for fast updating your receiver.</p><p>6. Many channels (Multivision, TPS, etc...) can be watched by updating the receiver following the procedure I explained recently in this forum(message #6). Unfortunately, at the instant I am writing these lines, there is no updating file on <a href="http://files.satbox.nl/" target="_blank">http://files.satbox.nl</a> and you must wait until there is one coming in.</p><p></p><p>I hope this information is helpful for you.</p><p></p><p>cheers!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tuzert, post: 96593, member: 188645"] I try to answer to your questions: 1. Yes, it is natural that WinXP does not recognise the "Tethys Alpha FTA" receiver because this receiver is not a device ("périphérique" in french) of the PC. 2. You obtain the message "COM1 not ready" because you have not connected the RS-232 cable to the COM1 connector located on the back panel of your PC tower. Perhaps, you have connected to the COM2 connector and you do not know it! Thera are usually two serial ports on the back panel : COM1 and COM2 (Pay attention !!) 3. There can be another reason you obtain the "COM1 not ready" message : your RS-232 cable is a "crossed" RS-232 cable! In fact, you must have a "straight" RS-232 cable for this operation and not a "crossed" RS-232 cable. (The crossed RS-232 cable is only useful if you want to transfer the software + data from one receiver to another) 4. Do not forget, your receiver must be powered on, I mean the little light in the display of Tethys must be green and not red! 5. Technically, the receiver is not visible by the PC. The only thing that the PC sees is that data is copied through the COM1 or COM2 serial port. The RS-232 cable can be permanently connected to the PC. In this case, you are always ready for fast updating your receiver. 6. Many channels (Multivision, TPS, etc...) can be watched by updating the receiver following the procedure I explained recently in this forum(message #6). Unfortunately, at the instant I am writing these lines, there is no updating file on [url="http://files.satbox.nl/"]http://files.satbox.nl[/url] and you must wait until there is one coming in. I hope this information is helpful for you. cheers! [/QUOTE]
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