THIS IS FOR XP COMPORT SET UP ok first go to start go to my computer righ click and go to properties go to hardware tab >> device manager go to ports ( COM & LPT ) click on the little + sign and find com port 1 or what ever com port number it says remember the number Communications Port click on it to highlight it then right click it go to properties then look for port setting tab on top click that i there you will see bits per second set this to ======= 115200 data bits ========= 8 parity ============ None stop bits ========= 1 flow control ====== None then go to advance button and press ok next setting in there is tick the top option MAKE SURE THIS IS TICKED receiver buffer ======== High (14) Transmit buffer ======== High (16) com port number use the tab on the side and change it to 1 if it says in use ignore it and force it to use this MAKE SURE WHEN YOU DO THESE SETTING YOU PRESS OK ON THE RIGHT TO SAVE ON FIRST BOX THEN OK ON THE NEXT BOX AS WELL THIS MUST BE DONE THEN GO BACK INTO THE DEVICE MANAGER AND CHECK YOUR SETTING TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE CORRECT
THIS IS FOR SETTING UP VISTA COMPORT USING USB Although technically Vista does call the system "Computer" whereas XP referrs to it as "My Computer" START Right Click "COMPUTER" Choose "MANAGE" In the resulting window, click on "DEVICE MANAGER" In the right hand pane, click on the little plus sign beside "PORTS" in the right hand pane. Right click on the USB Adapter (Should be something like “USB Serial Port COM # or "Prolific USB-to-Serial Comm. Port (COM#) or “Communications Port” (COM #) ) Choose "PROPERTIES" Click on "PORT SETTINGS" TAB Click on "ADVANCED" Then you will see the COM Port Number Box. You should be able to change it there using the drop down box. Try to set it to COM2 also change the baud rate to 115,200 from the default setting of 9600 Restart Windows (If necessary but normally not required)
THIS IS FOR SETTING UP WINDOWS 7 COMPORT here is a quick guide to installing a780 software using windows 7 1.connect box to a laptop/pc(i used laptop) 2.you will get message can not find driver click on help if this don't come up go to devices and printers and right click the unknown device and troubleshoot it and diagnose the problem windows will help you find the driver,just follow it through u want to install prolific driver. 3.once u have installed driver u will now need to change the baud rate and com port for the device to do this go back to devices and printers right click again on the prolific device go to properties,now click the hardware tab click properties then go to change settings then click the port setting tab from here change the bits per second to 115200 now click advance and change com port number to com 1 press ok and and same with all previous screens.
USB DRIVERS CAN BE DOWNLOADED FROM THE LINK BELOW THIS IS THE SITE YOU NEED IF YOU DONT HAVE DRIVERS FOR YOUR USB DEVICE CLICK HERE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN VGA PORT AND COMPORT PICTURES HERE ARE 2 PICTURES OF 2 DIFFERENT LAPTOPS 1 HAS A VGA PORT AND NO COMPORT THE SECOND IS A PICTURE OF A COMPORT THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO FLASH WITH LAPTOP OTHERWISE YOU NEED A USB ADAPTER ABOVE NO COMPORT ONLY VGA PORT CANNOT FLASH WITH THIS THIS IS THE TYPE OF COMPORT YOU NEED ABOVE TO BE ABLE TO FLASH THE BOXES ONLY HERE IS A PICTURE OF THE USB ADAPTER YOU WILL ALSO NEED IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A COMPORT ON YOUR PC AND CAN BE PURCHASED FROM HERE
CABLES NEEDED FOR FLASHING BOXES ALL CREDIT TO THE AUTHOR SG8 These are the cables you need to flash the firmware. If you have a computer or a laptop with a 9 pin serial com port which is male on the back all you will need is this, Female to Female Serial Null Modem Cable which looks like this, Heres the NULL MODEM CABLE Code L71BT Make sure you do not buy a Serial RS232 9-Pin Female to Female cable as SG8 has stated below. they seems to be quite a few people buying this from mapl*ns, It has to be a SERIAL NULL MODEM CABLE Like the one above!! rs232 cable wrong one If you have a computer or laptop without a 9 pin serial socket you will still need the Female to Female Serial Null Modem Cable as above and this USB to Serial DB9 Adaptor Converter to make it fit into your USB port USB Adapter Cable Code ZP43W If you have a pc and you are struggling with the usb adapter as above you could add a PCI serial card which is easily added to you PC and with this all you need is the null modem cable which gives you a direct link from your box to the pc. comport pci card
