There is always the option of buying genuine FTDI cables, somewhat more expensive (15-20 US or so...) Available at all major component suppliers.
jenom wrote:what are the serial protocol setting of JP1.x interfaces ? (baud rate, start bit, stop bit, parity, etc...
It is unfortunately not so easy, there is a lot of fiddling with the RTS line and such. The source is located at Soureforge and can be downloaded using svn.
jenom wrote:I do not have a patience to wait many weeks for a $3 USB cable to arrive from China.....and I do not want to spend more money on this project either.
Then dealing with with fake/not fake and locked/not locked drivers , etc...
Hardware Solution:
I have all the components to put together quickly an IC version of serial interface on the weekend. 74HC266 + 5 resistor+1 capacitor+DB 9 serial connector....simple enough !
Thanks!
Why do all that? If you simply can't wait, and If you have a serial port and an RS232 to TTL converter or some old device with a max232 just connect the pins to your remote.
(obviously you need to take the power for the RS232 to TTL converter from the remote to match voltage levels)
You can do a lot of programming without a cable. What exactly do you need? We can probably show you how to solve your immediate problem by direct programming. Then you can wait 3 weeks for the proper cable.