<div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br>So, presumably, you want to hook up a usb-to-serial cable from your PC<br>serial port to the usb port of the cable box. The issue is that the
<br>cable box expects to be the usb host and so does a PC, whereas the<br>keyboard is the usb "client". I'm not sure how a usb-to-serial adapter<br>presents itself to another usb host, but if it's only designed to work
<br>with usb clients, I'd guess that a driver would have to be written to<br>emulate a usb client through the serial port, if it's even possible.</blockquote><div><br>
The PC expects to be a usb host if you plug a USB device into it. a<br>
Usb->serial adapter will only look like a usb device on the usb side - <br>
the serial side will look like nothing but a serial cable. If the cable box is<br>
designed to be the usb host and will take incoming commands from a usb->serial<br>
adapter, it sounds like it will work (I will be trying the same thing on my satellite<br>
STB once I get my usb->serial adapter in the mail).<br>
</div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">That would be ideal, and would certainly be an inexpensive option. The<br>only box I came across that actually says it emulates a usb kbd from
<br>either usb or serial connection to the PC host is a couple hundred<br>bucks.<br><br>I'll look into how it works, but a "port" converter may just connect the<br>wires correctly to allow communications.</blockquote>
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yeah, if the port converter works, that's def the way to go. It's around $9 or $10 for<br>
one of those converters if you shop around online.<br>
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