Technology Forums: FTA, Satellite, Cable, Home Media, Hardware & Computers
|  Home   |  Forums   |  News   |  Blog   |  

Go Back   Techwatch: Satellite TV forums, FTA, Cable, Hardware, & Tech forums > UK Cable > Cable boxes > Eurovox


Eurovox Eurovox forum for Eurovox help and support: Eurovox, Eurovox max, etc

Reply
 
Thread Tools
Old 07-12-08, 08:53 PM   #1 (permalink)
Junior Member
 
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 13
Default PC doesnt find Eurovox through modem cable - port problems?

Help! - need some advice please! Just got a new Eurovox Max V - with the "free to air" software pre loaded. Have downloaded the right DNUPMAN software (Kuro etc) and have attached the Eurovox to pc with null modem cable (9pin etc both ends) with power cable only attached to box - then attached to PC.

- When I start the software and click "Download" the PC can't find the Eurovox on either com port 1 or 2???
- Both ports seem to be working fine (have checked with "device driver" etc through "my computer").
- Have also tried two different null modem cables and same thing happens.
The pc cannot see seem to see/find the box?

(When attached to the TV etc and surfed for channels - this worked fine - found all channels but obviously only FTA.)

Any help much appreciated....?
jonesjones is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-12-08, 08:57 PM   #2 (permalink)
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: England
Posts: 171
Default Re: PC doesnt find Eurovox through modem cable - port problems?

are u sure you got a NULL modem cable and not a normal 232 lead?
pepper is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-12-08, 08:58 PM   #3 (permalink)
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 228
Default Re: PC doesnt find Eurovox through modem cable - port problems?

have u switched power off to ev whilst connected, also try reducing transfer rate on port thru device manager
ptolemy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-12-08, 09:04 PM   #4 (permalink)
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 1
Default Re: PC doesnt find Eurovox through modem cable - port problems?

Hi jonesjones,

i'm fairly new to this but i had the same problem when i did my box, however another member suggested i reverse the null modem cable and that worked for me!

I had tried allocating the ports manually but nothing worked for me except reversing the cables....Like i said im no expert but its worth a try!!!

Last edited by jds7ar; 07-12-08 at 09:08 PM.
jds7ar is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-12-08, 09:15 PM   #5 (permalink)
Junior Member
 
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 13
Default Re: PC doesnt find Eurovox through modem cable - port problems?

Thanks for the posts.
- the cable is a serial lead [null modem] 9 pin female to 9 pin female
- the other is a modem cable db 9f to db 9f
jonesjones is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-01-09, 11:57 AM   #6 (permalink)
Junior Member
 
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 13
Default Re: PC doesnt find Eurovox through modem cable - port problems?

any more help with this guys??
jonesjones is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-01-09, 12:29 PM   #7 (permalink)
Senior Member
 
gussoccer's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 103
Default Re: PC doesnt find Eurovox through modem cable - port problems?

so good they named him twice..

In all honesty it could be a number of things, faulty eurovox, faulty lead, faulty com port. Best thing to do is try and change all the variables until you get some success (e.g. try your pc & lead on another box, if that dosent work try your lead & your box on another pc, try your box someone elses lead on your pc etc etc)

Do you know anyone with a eurovox?
gussoccer is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-01-09, 12:41 PM   #8 (permalink)
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 16
Default Re: PC doesnt find Eurovox through modem cable - port problems?

Quote:
Originally Posted by jonesjones View Post
any more help with this guys??
Hi Jones Jones

Exact same problem with mine mate and it turned out that the 9 pins in the back of my laptop were a parallel port and not a serial port - ie I had to buy a USB to Null Modem Adapter.

After that it worked fine.

Hope this helps

Dingo
adingo8mybarbie is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-01-09, 02:43 AM   #9 (permalink)
Senior Member
 
telecom69's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: West Midlands UK
Posts: 874
Default Re: PC doesnt find Eurovox through modem cable - port problems?

Seen lots of posts about this problem in the past and going into device manager and changing the port has done the trick for a lot of them ....one such thread Flashing eurovox with Null-Modem Cable & USB to RS232 Adapter

Last edited by telecom69; 02-01-09 at 02:45 AM.
telecom69 is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are Off


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Connection Problems Realist Broadband 1 01-04-08 04:32 PM
Problems With Eurovox....Leeds slickless2k Eurovox 2 20-03-08 04:42 AM
Connecting to Cable with Eurovox Big Ale Lad Eurovox 7 14-09-07 08:40 AM
Null Modem Cable for 1500CI+ g7wbh Technomate 3 07-07-06 05:55 PM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 11:12 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2010, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Search Engine Friendly URLs by vBSEO 3.2.0 ©2008, Crawlability, Inc.