Has anyone tried used a USB to RS232 to program a Mikohn ChamII+

[Jordan]

Hi, I have a ChamII+ on the way to put in a Bally 5500 as a stand alone progressive.

I started looking around at my computers & non of my laptops have an RS232 port (9 pin serial port).

I do have a USB to RS232 adapter

 http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=103&cp_id=10311&cs_id=1031104&p_id=2067&seq=1&format=2

Has anyone used this to program the ChamII+

Also can someone please point me to PSP v2.0 or 3.0, all google searches point to Sony PSP

Thanks

Jordan

[Mr. Dinoman]

I tried and tried to get a USB to serial to work....Just does not...Resorted to bringing back a dead computer with Windows 98 with a serial port...I first tried getting a cheap laptop but that was just a nightmare-nothing on it really worked, but I only paid $10 for it...
Jimmy

[poppo]

If I'm not mistaken the program runs in 'DOS' mode and needs access to a physical hardware serial port.

[Mr. Dinoman]

You are correct...Which is why a USB to serial adapter will not work and the software will not work with Vista or Windows 7...I don't think it works with XP either..
Jimmy

[Foster]

I have used a USB to Serial Adapter to program a few Cham II+
You have to use Windows XP 32 bit.
Vista, 7 and 8 will not work.
I have even programmed them with XP running on Oracles/Sun Virtual Box since my main Operating System is not XP
Depending on when I needed to do it my main Operating System was Vista, 7, and OS X

You need to use a USB to Serial Adapter based on a FTDI chip www.ftdichip.com
I have even used XP on Virtual Box to program EPROM's

[Jordan]

Thanks for the info everyone, the wife reminded me of an old laptop we had in the closet, it is running windows 98 & has a serial port so I should be ok as soon as I make my cable.

Thanks again

Jordan

[Foster]

all you need is a standard serial cable
solder a jumper on the cham II+ between 1 and 5, the pins at each end of the 5 pin row.