Racepak USB-Serial adapter

Who can point me in the right direction?
Trying to set-up the racepak.
Laptop windows 7 works with my new Powergrid.
newest datalink II software from race pak,but he can't find the USB-Serial adapter?
Tried everything,,com port finder .
It looks like he don't want to see it.
thanks
Tom

 

Make sure that the serial adapter is Windows 7 compatible. Other wise it will not work.

I know from fighting it myself.

 

it is the adapter from Racepak itself....
Is it Windows 7 compatible?
RP-890-CA-USB2SER
Tom

 

Go into Control Panel, then System and look at the Device Manager - if your adapter doesn't show on a COM port (under Ports(COM and LPT)), then the driver hasn't installed correctly...

Martyn

PS Mike -- could you check your PMs?

 

i think that's the problem.
I have no adapter software.
Laptop don't recognize it.
It was the adapter from Racepak.
On the laptop in device manager i have totally no com -ports
Tom

 

Tom

What brand is the adapter RacePak supplied?

I didn't get mine from RacePak, but I did get the one Tim Anderson/Donny Cummings recommended.

If it's the same as mine, I could see if I can find the disk and email the driver to you. However, I recently got a new race laptop, also Windows 7, and Windows automagically found a driver for it. Was your PC connected to the net when you plugged it into the USB port?

Martyn

 

Martyn,

There's nothing on the adapter.
Was in a clear plastic bag.
Laptop is connected to the net.
I found some drivers and try them now,,but without succes...
Tom

 

I'm in Sweden at the moment and the race laptop is at home in the UK. I'll see what I can find when I get home this evening but as we're going demonstration runs at Santa Pod this weekend, it might be Monday before I can get back to you.

Martyn

 

I think the driver I might be using is this one http://www.iogear.com/support/driver/GUC232A_win7_xp_vista_v1.0.075.zip

Worth trying anyway...

Martyn

 

thanks.

tried it also.
He still can't find any com-port.
Tom

 

Can your laptop see any USB devices?

In Device Manager, do you see the Universal Serial Bus Controllers at the bottom of the list?
And if you expand that line, does it show active controllers?

Could be that USB is disabled in your BIOS settings, in which case you will have to go into the BIOS settings when you boot up the PC, and check to see if USB has been disabled....

 

I see the USB devices.
When plugging other USB-things,,,it works...
haha,,,we can pull apart an engine faster then we get this little adapter to work

 

Thank God that Microsoft don't make race motors....

If other USB devices work correctly it sounds like the USB-Serial connector itself is faulty... Perhaps an email to Racepak (donny@racepak.com or tim@racepak.com), or maybe better stíll contact Egbert (or Dick Koster) at Post en Dros - they are Racepak agents in Europe.

And looky here, a video from Racepak about Racepak USB to Serial Adapter settings linked to from Egbert's web site http://youtu.be/rrWvkzlw5TY

Good luck

 

I found the problem.
The race pak adapter was not good.
I bought a new adapter in a store,and it works.
Thanks for all the replies and new stuff is sometimes also a problem...

 

Good. Talk to you at Santa Pod.

We have to connect up in a specific order to get a reliable connection.... Power up Racepak, wait until it initialises (10 seconds), plug serial connector to Racepak, then plug in USB to laptop.

Any other order, it's a lottery whether download will work.

Martyn