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Okay I have a laptop without a parallel port on it. Has anyone used a usb to parallel port adapter successfully with an I-button for upgrading radios? If so, what adapter was it.

Im wondering if there are issues like CPS not working with usb to com port adapters.

Thanks

Jason

I tried 3 different ones then gave up.
I ended up just bringing my personel unit in to do the upgrades.
If things go haywire during a flash you will get a brick

If you don't have a parallel port, you need a USB iButton reader.

When ordering flash kits and firmware upgrades, Motorola now asks which one you need, parallel or USB.

You can get a USB reader directly at:

http://www.maxim-ic.com/products/ibutto ... rs.cfm#USB

Or, you can order one from Motorola, part number DVN4181A, which may take some doing because it probably won't show up in a MOL search unless someone at Motorola sets it up for you as being authorized to order it.

Yep not on my MOL and Im a direct customer.
I have emailed my sales rep to find out what the story is.
Is it on the ECAT?

I got a little bit of the run-around from Maxium when I ordered mine, they advised me that it would take 8-9 months for delivery.
I kept calling and making a so called nuisance, then low and behold it showed up in 4 weeks.

The reason I was asking is that I will be getting I-buttons from time to time and won't have a say so as to whether they are parallel or usb. I don't want to buy a new laptop just for those. I have a laptop with a serial and no parallel, ie a CF-18.

Jason

You missed the point. iButtons themselves are neither parallel or USB, they are a one wire device that must be used with a reader.

The Motorola CPS supports parallel or USB iButton readers. Motorola supplies the buttons pre-installed in a reader type you specify when you order - but the button doesn't care what type of reader it is used with.

If you get a button that comes in a parallel port reader and you have no parallel port - there is no point to trying to get a USB to parallel adapter - just get a USB reader, pop the iButton out of the parallel reader and put it in the USB reader.

You mean to say they are not little batteries but ibuttons!
I'm gonna destroy one tomorrow.
I guess I just never paid any attention to it.

That's why they call them iButtons.



Hey, what model iButton do Motorola use?

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