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    what do you mean by a straight cable? i have never heard of this that i can recall. thanks

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    For serial cables you will find Straight Through or Null Modem Cable. They look the same but work different.

    For the Coolsat Receivers you need a Straight Through Cable. It should be the same cable that came with the receiver

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    thank you guys for the help! i spoke to a local friend who had a spare cable to lend me.. i have never worked with coolsats before and like i said a friend asked if i could get it going so i learned something new.. thanks again for the help!!!!

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    friend make sure its the rs232 cable that came with your coolsat when you bought it,because every box comes with there own rs232 cables....

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    yes thank you! like i said tho it was not my receiver so i didnt have that cable and had no idea the 2 were different! but thanks to some local help and help from everyone on here i have now gotten the file loaded!

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    has anyone used a laptop to run a 5000 on client program using a usb to rs232 conversion cable? the client will connect but i cant seem to get the receiver to respond back? i have already loaded the files in this way but not getting any feeback from stb now

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    hello everyone i got it running on the usb conversion same thing i was doing... i was doing this for a freiend at his house and never got irt running there but i brought to my house and it runs fine.. any ideas why it wont run at his house? thanks to all

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