JP1 Remotes

This FTDI FT232RL USB to Serial adapter is one of the cheapest, $8.54 + free shipping, on ebay that works just fine.
The actual color of wires are not as shown but nejpski has his research:
Wire Number \ USE \ OLD COLOR \ NEW COLOR

[1] Ground \ Black \ BLACK

[2] CTS \ Brown \ BLUE (Not connected ...

The interface, as of Building a JP1 Serial Interface (obsolete) - http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/dload.php?action=file&file_id=4557 , works only on XP not on W7.
On W7, after the greyed out I tried but still didn't work:
- ir.exe as administrator
- ir.exe in compatibility modes

On the other ...

IR+Windows 7 (32/64):
Interface Menu > JP1 Serial... cannot be selected.(greyed-out) It's been a long time since I played with any of this but I seem to recall needing to run IR with administrative rights in order to get access to the serial port.
I have tried that.
Anyway, I tried again with a ...

The Robman wrote:If you have a question, could you please ask it as a question.

Sorry.
It's just a report for information.
I'll be more specific next time.

IR+Windows XP:
Works.
IR+Windows 7 (32/64):
Interface Menu > JP1 Serial... cannot be selected.(greyed-out)
RMIR:
Remote Menu > Interface > No "JP1 Serial..." available.