I am replacing some of my front end hardware and have what should be a simple problem. All of my new machines lack a serial port - all of my ir receivers from my old machines are serial. So I have two choices... replace the ir receivers with USB receivers or add a PCI-e serial port card to the machines.

I have tried setting up one with a serial card and have not been successful (driver problem). Has anybody been able to make this work or does anybody have a suggestion here? My new machines are Dell 531s machines with an available PCI-e X1 slot. Thanks.

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Backend server - 4.0 TB 3.0ghz dual core 6 gig RAM, nVidia 9400, Gigabyte GA-870A-UD3 MB, 2 HD-5500, 2 HD Homerun dual tuners, 3 frontend machines - LinHES 8.6.1

If you cannot get an addon card to work...

I cannot attest to their functionality, but have you tried a RS232-to-USB adapter?

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Mike
My Hardware Profile

I have not tried the adapter - I inferred from posts elsewhere that the serial to USB adapters did not work. I would love to use it - does anybody know?

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Backend server - 4.0 TB 3.0ghz dual core 6 gig RAM, nVidia 9400, Gigabyte GA-870A-UD3 MB, 2 HD-5500, 2 HD Homerun dual tuners, 3 frontend machines - LinHES 8.6.1