[JohnH]

I am having difficulty getting a good connection from my laptop to my autostar, I have a USB converter cable (MCT) that seems to be OK with simple serial devices (eg can drive a modem), it does not appear to be reliable when connecting to the autostar when using the software supplied with the LPI. I also had problems attempting to update the autostar firmware with ASU and had to use a desktop with a real serial port. I have had some success connecting via Cates de Ciel and Guide Dog but I can no longer do that either. Is there a configuration trick I have missed or is it the case that the USB converters do not all work (if this is true can someone recommend one known to be ok with an autostar please?)