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Getting My Old 48GX to Communicate with My New Computer - hoytmonger - 12-17-2016 03:35 PM
I'm no tech expert, I'm a former surveyor that's now earning an engineering degree. I have a 48GX that was used as a data collector but I never learned to use it as a calculator. I find the 48 to be superior to the Prime for my purposes but it isn't as user friendly and I need some help getting it to communicate with my new computer so I can load programs. I've changed baud rates to no avail and hope someone here can help me out.
Thanks.
RE: Getting My Old 48GX to Communicate with My New Computer - Brad Barton - 12-18-2016 12:19 AM
Try this link. The key is to get the correct USB-serial converter. The 2nd link is the one I use. Apparently the PL2303 chipset is one of the few that works correctly.
http://www.hpmuseum.org/forum/thread-1192.html
http://plugable.com/products/pl2303-db9/
Good luck,
Brad
RE: Getting My Old 48GX to Communicate with My New Computer - hoytmonger - 12-18-2016 04:20 PM
(12-18-2016 12:19 AM)Brad Barton Wrote: Try this link. The key is to get the correct USB-serial converter. The 2nd link is the one I use. Apparently the PL2303 chipset is one of the few that works correctly.
http://www.hpmuseum.org/forum/thread-1192.html
http://plugable.com/products/pl2303-db9/
Good luck,
Brad
Thank you for the reply. I was using a FTDI FT232R converter I acquired on ebay. I'll give the PL2303 a try.