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Getting My Old 48GX to Communicate with My New Computer
12-17-2016, 03:35 PM
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Getting My Old 48GX to Communicate with My New Computer
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.
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12-18-2016, 12:19 AM
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RE: Getting My Old 48GX to Communicate with My New Computer
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
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12-18-2016, 04:20 PM
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RE: Getting My Old 48GX to Communicate with My New Computer
(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.
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