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Is it posssible to make a cable by splicing a rj11 to a usb?

If not wats the simplest way to do it without spending £50 on bits and without loads of diffrent connectors?

If not just call me a nob

13.95 1/4 mile on a 2.95 fd. Carnt be that hard to beat!

rj11>serial is about 6 pounds from MJ i think and the serial > usb 20 from maplins at worst; wheres the 50?

I wanted to avoid goin to serial and then to usb. The 1 I used was rubbish and always disscontected from the laptop

13.95 1/4 mile on a 2.95 fd. Carnt be that hard to beat!

buy an old laptop then, personally going from rj11 to usb your gonna struggle as there are no drivers for it; that im aware and im sure it would be more readily avaliable if it was easy enough.

so buy a laptop i guess so you rj11>serial or just have to live with the driver problem.

Edited by t@z on 23rd Apr, 2012.

Personally i would use a rj11 to rj45 patch lead and put a rg45 to usb adpater on the end
http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?q...ed=0CLABEPMCMAI

I'd just use a laptop with a real serial port

They are cheap enough to get hold of.

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

Probably cheaper than pissing about with adaptors too lol.

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

I like wolfies idea seems simple

13.95 1/4 mile on a 2.95 fd. Carnt be that hard to beat!

i am not saying it will work but cheap enough to try

You cant just wire a serial signal into a USB port. It's not just a different shape port and getting wires the right shape to plug together that is the issue, it's a different signal. You need to either use a serial port, or buy a USB to serial converter which translates the signal to something a USB port and your serial device will understand. The RJ45 lan adapter also won't work as ethernet and serial are not the same signal either.