Need Serial Card and Long Cable

Ok, I finally won the special cable I needed to hook my weather station
up to my computer so I can put my weather info on the net.

The cable hooks up by serial. My computer is a Dell Dimension E510. It
does not have a serial card.

So, I need a serial card. Any recommendations? Anything on amazon.com
you recommend?

Also, I just found out that serial cables can come in long lengths. I
had no idea
I could run a serial cable thirty feet! I need a cable to run under the
living room
floor up to my Dell in the corner of the room. I would say I need 25 or 30
feet of cable.
Where do I get one? Again, any recommendations?

And finally, since I will be opening up my E510 for the first time I
think I should
clean it out with compressed air. I've done this before on my old Compaq
from
2000. Anything I need to be aware of when using compressed air to clean out
the dust
with this computer (E510)? Dust is built up some.

Thanks!

SIIG has been making add-in PCI cards for a long time and they make serial
cards.

I have no clue where to find a long serial cable these days.

You might also use a Q-tip or two to dislodge the dust bunnies, and loosen the
caked dust on some of the surfaces. Otherwise, take the computer outside on a
clear day to blast the dust out. You don't want to inhale the dust... Ben Myers

On Thu, 9 Aug 2007 21:58:08 -0400, "Von Fourche" <> wrote:

>
>
> Ok, I finally won the special cable I needed to hook my weather station
>up to my computer so I can put my weather info on the net.
>
> The cable hooks up by serial. My computer is a Dell Dimension E510. It
>does not have a serial card.
>
> So, I need a serial card. Any recommendations? Anything on amazon.com
>you recommend?
>
> Also, I just found out that serial cables can come in long lengths. I
>had no idea
>I could run a serial cable thirty feet! I need a cable to run under the
>living room
>floor up to my Dell in the corner of the room. I would say I need 25 or 30
>feet of cable.
>Where do I get one? Again, any recommendations?
>
> And finally, since I will be opening up my E510 for the first time I
>think I should
>clean it out with compressed air. I've done this before on my old Compaq
>from
>2000. Anything I need to be aware of when using compressed air to clean out
>the dust
>with this computer (E510)? Dust is built up some.
>
>Thanks!
>

One caution on blowing out the dust. Get one of the canned sprayers.
Costco sells them in a 3-pack. Don't use a common air hose like you
might have in your garage. The air passing through the nozzle can
develop high levels of static electricity. Manufacturers use a
special non-static nozzle for air blowing to prevent damage to the
components. Plus you can do a lot of damage with too much air
pressure.

Dick



On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 23:14:34 -0400, Ben Myers
<> wrote:

>SIIG has been making add-in PCI cards for a long time and they make serial
>cards.
>
>I have no clue where to find a long serial cable these days.
>
>You might also use a Q-tip or two to dislodge the dust bunnies, and loosen the
>caked dust on some of the surfaces. Otherwise, take the computer outside on a
>clear day to blast the dust out. You don't want to inhale the dust... Ben Myers


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You should be able to find everything you need, at Blackbox.com
http://www.blackbox.com/

It won't be cheap, but it will be high quality and dependable.

You should be able to find either a long cable itself, or cable extenders
that would allow you to use a serial cable over long distances.


"Von Fourche" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
>
> Ok, I finally won the special cable I needed to hook my weather station
> up to my computer so I can put my weather info on the net.
>
> The cable hooks up by serial. My computer is a Dell Dimension E510.
> It
> does not have a serial card.
>
> So, I need a serial card. Any recommendations? Anything on amazon.com
> you recommend?
>
> Also, I just found out that serial cables can come in long lengths. I
> had no idea
> I could run a serial cable thirty feet! I need a cable to run under the
> living room
> floor up to my Dell in the corner of the room. I would say I need 25 or
> 30 feet of cable.
> Where do I get one? Again, any recommendations?
>
> And finally, since I will be opening up my E510 for the first time I
> think I should
> clean it out with compressed air. I've done this before on my old Compaq
> from
> 2000. Anything I need to be aware of when using compressed air to clean
> out the dust
> with this computer (E510)? Dust is built up some.
>
> Thanks!
>

"Ben Myers" <> wrote in message
news:...
> SIIG has been making add-in PCI cards for a long time and they make serial
> cards.



Would something like this work? I'm just looking for a simple serial
card that
works in my Dell E510. And, something under 40.00 would be nice.

http://www.amazon.com/Cables-Unlimit...6802870&sr=8-1

On 10 Aug, 02:58, "Von Fourche" <Khonak...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Ok, I finally won the special cable I needed to hook my weather station
> up to my computer so I can put my weather info on the net.
>
> The cable hooks up by serial. My computer is a Dell Dimension E510. It
> does not have a serial card.
>
> So, I need a serial card. Any recommendations? Anything on amazon.com
> you recommend?
>
> Also, I just found out that serial cables can come in long lengths. I
> had no idea
> I could run a serial cable thirty feet! I need a cable to run under the
> living room
> floor up to my Dell in the corner of the room. I would say I need 25 or 30
> feet of cable.
> Where do I get one? Again, any recommendations?

You could try http://www.brainboxes.com/ .There are loads of places to
get serial ports (http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?
WebProductID=16998) for example. There are also usb to RS232
converters. I have never had one that did not work, although I have
had one that would only work on USB1.1 - that got solved by using a
hub in a USB 2 plughole.

Serial cables are easy to make yourself - you just need a soldering
iron and some 9-way D-type connectors. (e.g. http://tinyurl.com/26f357)
Depending on the baud rate I have run RS232 up to 200 metres, and
RS485 to 11Km.
If you only need an extension, it is connected pin-to-pin, socket to
plug.

Google is your friend:
http://www.lammertbies.nl/comm/cable/RS-232.html
http://www.windmill.co.uk/wiring.html
and a million others

<> wrote in message
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> On 10 Aug, 02:58, "Von Fourche" <Khonak...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Ok, I finally won the special cable I needed to hook my weather
>> station
>> up to my computer so I can put my weather info on the net.
>>
>> The cable hooks up by serial. My computer is a Dell Dimension E510.
>> It
>> does not have a serial card.
>>
>> So, I need a serial card. Any recommendations? Anything on
>> amazon.com
>> you recommend?
>>
>> Also, I just found out that serial cables can come in long lengths.
>> I
>> had no idea
>> I could run a serial cable thirty feet! I need a cable to run under the
>> living room
>> floor up to my Dell in the corner of the room. I would say I need 25 or
>> 30
>> feet of cable.
>> Where do I get one? Again, any recommendations?
>
> You could try http://www.brainboxes.com/ .There are loads of places to
> get serial ports (http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?
> WebProductID=16998) for example. There are also usb to RS232
> converters. I have never had one that did not work, although I have
> had one that would only work on USB1.1 - that got solved by using a
> hub in a USB 2 plughole.




Serial cards must be old technology? China Mart did not have any. Circuit
City
did not have any. The two office supply store did not have any. Guess I
will get
one off the net. Was going to do that anyway.

On 12 Aug, 06:19, "Von Fourche" <Khonak...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Serial cards must be old technology? China Mart did not have any. Circuit
> City
> did not have any. The two office supply store did not have any. Guess I
> will get
> one off the net. Was going to do that anyway.

Serial peripherals are no longer common for domestic use, but still
very widely used industrially and in PointOfSale systems. Personally,
I think serial is better than USB, but I am a luddite. I have never
bought a motherboard without an RS232 port, or at least a header on
the mother board, because I need to talk to prom programmers etc.

I bet your retailers don't sell parallel port printers, either.

Yes, that serial card should work... Ben Myers

On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 23:32:12 -0400, "Von Fourche" <> wrote:

>
>"Ben Myers" <> wrote in message
>news:.. .
>> SIIG has been making add-in PCI cards for a long time and they make serial
>> cards.
>
>
>
> Would something like this work? I'm just looking for a simple serial
>card that
>works in my Dell E510. And, something under 40.00 would be nice.
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Cables-Unlimit...6802870&sr=8-1

"Ben Myers" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Yes, that serial card should work... Ben Myers



I found something cheaper on ebay. Would this be ok for my Dell running
XP?
If it is I will buy it.


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...0%3D%26fvi%3D1