Universal Remote PC cable for MX-850

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bugstone

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Universal Remote PC cable for MX-850
« on: 14 Dec 2007, 11:14 pm »
I have a universal remote MX-850.  I had the remote set up by a company when my house was built.  Now I just bought a new dvd player and wanted to add it to my remote.  They want $70 to come out and update it.  I told them that I just need a cable and the program and I would do it myself.  They told me that was impossible, only retailers had access to the program. 

After some research I found the site universalremote.com and downloaded the program.  Now I need a cable to hook from the computer to the remote for programming it.  I can not find one anywhere online.  The website says it needs to plug into a com port.  I was hoping that I could use a usb port.  Does anyone know where I can find a cable that will work for this remote?

Bill@LakeGeorge

Re: Universal Remote PC cable for MX-850
« Reply #1 on: 15 Dec 2007, 12:47 pm »
I got one of these to use with the supplied cable that came with the remote.

http://www.superwarehouse.com/Tripp_Lite_USB_1.1_Serial_Adapter/U209-000-R/p/90399