I use a cat5e network cable, but it's not connected to a network. What
I'm doing is flashing an ecm in a GM car. I currenntly use my desktop
pc with a serial port to cat5 cable adapter and a cat5 network cable
to connect to my Tech2- that's the GM bi-directional scanner for
communicating with the cars' onboard electronics. I bring the Tech2 to
my desktop pc, install the programming into it and take the Tech2 to
the car and download the program into the module. The particular
module I need to flash needs the Tech2 connected to the car and also
to a pc to download the module program. Since the car doesn't run, and
I need to flash the module, I want to use my netbook and connect the
cat5 cable to it, but my netbook only has usb ports. My desktop pc has
the serial/cat5 cable molded as one piece so I just can't go get a
longer cat5 cable. Plus, this way, I can do any needed reflashes
anywhere I have wireless access. I went to Staples today and all they
had was a usb to serial port cable/adapter. It's a bit bulky to fit in
my Pelican netbook case, that's why I was wondering if there is such a
thing as a usb to cat5 adapter. I'm thinking it would have a usb male
end on one side and female rj45 (I think that's the type of connector
on a cat5 cable) plug on the other side.
Thanks for the links. They look like what I'm looking for, I
think.......
Mark