Alan Case
Lifetime Supporting Member
Can someone clue me in why AB cannot make a drive that takes a standard serial cable to program. I just purchased a Powerflex drive and thought I would set it up via the free software (drive explorer lite) that the drive is supplied with instead of the key pad.
Why can't AB standardise on a common cable, the powerflex uses some style of mini-din, and as far as I can tell (very sketchy docs) I need an adaptor as well just to plug my notebook in. How hard can it be to utilise a standard 9 pin plug and a serial cable (or null modem) cable. A lot of other manufacturers do. Regards Alan Case
Why can't AB standardise on a common cable, the powerflex uses some style of mini-din, and as far as I can tell (very sketchy docs) I need an adaptor as well just to plug my notebook in. How hard can it be to utilise a standard 9 pin plug and a serial cable (or null modem) cable. A lot of other manufacturers do. Regards Alan Case