Parallel serial adaptor on laptop

Hello all. I recently bought & built the K8048 programmer only 2 later discover that i had no serial port!Doh. I have a parallel port tho so i got a parallel serial adaptor & hooked it all up. When i try 2 write the demo to the pic it says something like ‘K8048 isn’t found on com3’.All the other coms have an ‘com init’ error. Now,is this because i’m using a parallel/serial adaptor or is it because i’m using my laptop?I have another programmer that uses the parallel port & it works fine but only supports 1 chip. Any help would b appreciated. P.S. I apologize if my post looks dodgy,i’m using my mobile at work.

This will not work, only a real serial port with a 16550 compatible UART will work for the PIC programmers K8048(VM110) and K8076 (VM134)

Hello,
i’ve a similar trouble: i don’t have the serial bus on my pc then i bought a serial pci card (made-in-china.com/image/2f0j … ial-2s.jpg), but the test software tells me that the card is not connected with the pc :frowning: it’s fault of the card?