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M48 USB controller wiring pinout...

PostPosted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 8:06 am
by NiTeC
Hey guys...wondering if anybody has some ideas...

I am trying to use this serial2usb controller: DLP-TXRX Internal USB

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however it uses the Tx - Rx D9 connections (pin 2 and 3) where the M48 uses pins 9 7 5 1 (RI RTS GND DCD)...

is there a way I can make this work?

Re: M48 USB controller wiring pinout...

PostPosted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 8:44 am
by RossB
You would need to use it with a MoTeC PCI Cable on an M48. The PC end of the PCI cable uses the standard serial pins.

Re: M48 USB controller wiring pinout...

PostPosted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 5:44 am
by NiTeC
hmmm..

wired everything up, all connections test ok, setup the converter to COM1 and it still says not connected...

is there a way to make Motec connect on a different com other than COM1?

thanks for the help btw...

Re: M48 USB controller wiring pinout...

PostPosted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 6:31 am
by NiTeC
I keep trying to get this to work..

If I try to manually set the COM settings in DOS (I disabled the serial port in BIOS to avoid confusion) using the MODE command I can get the following setup:

Baud: 9600
Parity: None
Data Bits: 8
Stop Bits: 1
Timeout: OFF
XON/XOFF: OFF
CTS Handshaking: ON
DSR Handshaking: ON
DSR Sensitivity: OFF
DTR Circuit: HANDSHAKING
RTS Circuit: HANDSHAKING

I have wired the above mentioned controller AFTER the circuit that was on the original cable - I noticed that the input to that circuit are the MOTEC serial OUT - pins 1,5,6,7 and 9 but the output are pins 2,3 and 5 (RX, TX, Gnd)...so technically wiring those pins to the controller's inputs should work fine....the controller installs properly, it receives COM1 as assigned value and everything checks out - BUT MOTEC software just keeps saying the ECU is disconnected...

If I try to connect to the COM using Hyperterminal I cannot open a connection for Baud higher than 4800...

Any help is appreciated - I really want to make this more accessible through the USB port....